Achieving excellence in practice: a model for continuing education for nurse practitioners.
OBJECTIVE
To provide a continuing education (CE) model that will meet varied needs of nurse practitioners by incorporating the variable of years of experience in practice setting.


METHODS
An empirical study conducted over a period of approximately 10 months, from Fall 2002 to Spring 2003 in one of the southeastern states.


CONCLUSIONS
A model has been developed to plan and deliver CE education programs based on the changing CE needs of NPs as they gain experience and expertise.


CONCLUSIONS
Results of this study may be used to guide providers to develop and offer CE programs based on the CE needs of NPs related to length of time in clinical practice, general issues of practice, and specialty practice area needs.
Green
Roger
R
Florida Nurse Practitioner Network, USA. drrogergreen@aol.com
Gorzka
Patricia
P
Kodish
Slavica
S
D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States