Hello all nurses!I used to post on here a lot when I was qualifying, no longer have access to the old account ? Well I'm all grown up now and I have an interview for a band 7 post in an A&E in the UK where I have worked as band 6.We have to do a presentation on how we, as team managers, would make sure we maintain our own continued professional development. Now, I have to admit, I found this a strange topic. I was expecting something to do with perhaps managing new overseas nurses or service improvement but here we are. How would you fine people interpret this? I'm currently running with the ideas of self learning - Im a big fan of RCNi learning and quite often do extra courses online just for learnings sake. I've already asked our education link to put my name down for an accredited leadership course at the local university, having already completed an in-house one. This is something I requested when I was still in my "I'm not applying for the 7" phase. I'm a little stumped to be honest on how to tackle this. As a side note, I hope that last few months haven't been too hard on you all. Stay safe xx
GrumpyRN, NP 1,242 Posts Specializes in Emergency Department. Has 41 years experience. Aug 22, 2020 Just a thought but does your university do an MBA or similar? I did an external management course years ago and found it much more interesting (and useful) than the NHS ones and as a band 7 good management is, or should be, your raison d'etre.I got fed up working with people who couldn't spell management never mind do it.?
allnurses Guide XB9S, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN, APN 8 Articles; 3,016 Posts Specializes in Advanced Practice, surgery. Has 35 years experience. Aug 23, 2020 Hi there, it may be helpful to think about what professional development means to you as a nurse.and not just formal training programmes Here are my thoughts Transition into a new role, what will you needAttendance at meetings such as mortality reviews, service reviews, Serious incident debriefs and learning from that Learning from inspection reports not just for your area but across your organisation and other organisations as well Department audits, what can you learn and how can you share this learning Preparation and delivery of teaching and training sessions Thats just a start hope it helps
