title: Creating a successful certification examination review program: the nursing process approach.
abstract: The nursing professional development specialist has an increasing expectation to design and implement learning activities for professional nurses. These activities are critical in developing excellence in nursing practice. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate a step-by-step approach to the development of a continuing education program, using the nursing process as an organizing framework. This framework can be applied to the development of other continuing education programs as well.
authors: Continuing Education Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, USA. jenkins.jeanne@yahoo.com
authors: Jeanne B
authors: JB
authors: Jenkins
authors: Elaine L
authors: EL
authors: Smith
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003406:Credentialing / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017145:Models, Educational; D009657:North Carolina; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D016730:Program Development; D013192:Staff Development