How do nurses keep current with up to date information?

[Shillelagh]

How do nurses keep current with the latest healthcare news and important medical information we need to be the best we can be?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Well, with 5 years of experience, what have you been doing to stay up to date? There's journals, there's CEUs, there's conferences, there's educational opportunities offered by employers, there's a lot of options.

[RNperdiem, RN]

Our hospital has a practice committee for nursing practice. They carefully follow all the latest research and update our policy and procedure manual.

For example, when the latest evidence for proper skin care was studied ,we had a hospital wide inservice on the new, best practices to prevent skin breakdown.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

I subscribe to several journals in my specialty areas, I also subscribe to Medscape and other email compilations of information. I belong to several specialty organizations.

[Shillelagh]

I have been doing CEU's. I work for an internist and any continuing education is all up to me. I suppose the better question is which journals are the most helpful to subscribe to? Thanks for the help.

[Shillelagh]

Thank you!

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

Thank you!

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[Shillelagh]

I subscribe to several journals in my specialty areas, I also subscribe to Medscape and other email compilations of information. I belong to several specialty organizations.

Thank you very much. I am attempting to streamline my emails. I'm a busy working mom! I work for an internist but still try to keep current.

[Shillelagh]

Well, with 5 years of experience, what have you been doing to stay up to date? There's journals, there's CEUs, there's conferences, there's educational opportunities offered by employers, there's a lot of options.

Thank you very much!

[Julius Seizure]

I recently heard the "statistic" that to really stay up to date, one would have to read 16 journal articles or research reports EVERY day of the year. Obviously no one can do that, but sites like Medscape and your specialty organizations (like NAPNAP for peds NPs) can help by alerting you to what may be more relevant and important to your practice.

[Shillelagh]

I recently heard the "statistic" that to really stay up to date, one would have to read 16 journal articles or research reports EVERY day of the year. Obviously no one can do that, but sites like Medscape and your specialty organizations (like NAPNAP for peds NPs) can help by alerting you to what may be more relevant and important to your practice.

Thank you for this helpful information. I'm glad I logged back in to this website :)

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

CEUs, journals, in-services, every now and then I try to attend a conference. I focus mostly on psych but every now and then I'll do something that's outside of psych just to broaden my knowledge base.

Getting certified helps, because of the insane amount of CEUs required to renew it--I am practically forced to complete CEUs on a monthly basis to keep up.