title: [The present situation of continuing professional development in nursing].
abstract: The author reviews continuing professional development in nursing as a demand for quality, its accreditation, the existing demand in our country the entities which provide such services, its relationship to a professional career, and the value-added step as a structural axis of our profession. All these topics are supported with the most recent data.
authors.affiliation: Sociedad Española de Enfermería de Urgencias y Emergencias, Madrid. jromero@enfermundi.com
authors.forename: Jerónimo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Romero-Nieva Lozano
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D013030:Spain