CEU's????

Nurses General Nursing

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All this talk about Diploma, ASN or BSN... does passing boards make one competent... this an that.

What about the push to make CEU's mandatory.

I applaud that states that do, but what about the ones that don't.

Kinda sad here in Illinois as long as my check clears every two years, I'm certified.

What measures do I have to show that I am up to date on what's new or old.

I don't know about you, but I don't remember every thing from nursing school. (How many of you studied the day of the test?)

My wife is a soon to be Paramedic... do you realize how many hours they must maintain EVERY YEAR in order to practice. And what do they get paid compared to a RN?

What are your thoughts?

Hank

I am just pulling thing out of the air, however I will try.

If you have to have 30hr/year in CEU (I am canadian so not sure), that is plently of time to take a "Professional Competency Course" or something like this.

I would personally rather enjoy attending a course that gives me useful information instead of waisting my time. These courses can give out named, certified letters of attenance and may even require a testing procedure. They could be tailored to specialty units. I am not sure that this is finanially viable thou.

Another is to have accrediation of unit with a nursing board where working on that unit a certain number of hours is considered keeping current. This would attract recent grads and be a source of pride for the unit. units with low skill or critial thinking requirement would not be accredited.

Just my 2cents

:devil: Zhakrin :devil:

Ceu's are a national requirement for re-registration in the UK. If nothing else, it gives the nurse a lever to get a less enlightened manager to release you for updating yourself. Many did not, but the possibility of "losing" a RN concentrates the mind.

Specializes in ED, House Supervisor, IT.

"In citing his reasons for seeking the opt-out, Johanns said in the news release that "patients' health is protected because CRNAs have the education and training that enable them to provide quality services." CRNAs are critical care nurses with a graduate degree in anesthesia. They must pass a national certification examination to become a CRNA, and must complete 40 hours of continuing education every two years to continue practicing as a CRNA."

http://www.allnurses.com/news/jump.cgi?ID=861

For those of you that think CE's should not be mandatory...This article talks about CRNA's being able to practice independently. A quote from the article shows how many hours they must complete in order to practice.

And if you feel that just because they are CRNA, a specialty, deal with life or death in anesthesia.. it does not apply to me as a Peds, OB, Floor, ER, Pysch or what ever you do.. what does that thinking say about you as a RN?

So if a CRNA has to have mandatory CE to practice what makes the rest of us immune?

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