rnedu03

Hello, I think the term "mandatory" is what gives a negative feeling to it. It would really be ideal if each individual nurse would just seek out his/her own learning desires appropriate with the nursing specialty he/she practices including medical/surgical nursing. Unfortunately, the only way the public we serve could understand how "good" we nurses are, is through proven educational attainment and how we actually perform those duties and responsibilities required of us as professionals. Obviously, not much is free nowadays.... We do pay for our education.....

I do agree that CEU's should be required of us nurses who consider ourselves professionals. We've got to be self-motivated in learning so we will not be behind the times.... we'll gain more respect from other health care colleagues we work with. :up:rnedu03