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I originally posted this under Staff Development but maybe this was a better location. I am currently working as a Staff Development Nurse Educator. We provide monthly self-studies, in-services, training etc. Although we do offer a wide variety of training and education I believe a great deal of professional growth can take place from venturing outside of the hospital and attending CEU opportunities elsewhere. However, the nurses at our facility are not attending outside CEU opportunities because they are able to acquire adequate contact hours through the monthly self-studies and other training provided by our facility for their license renewal. Does anyone have any ideas on how to encourage nursing staff to take the initiative to seek out these opportunities and attend for the benefit of their own professional growth?

when i first graduated i really, really wanted an office job. i wanted the m-f 8-5 and i didn’t care about what people told me about getting “experience”. well lucky for me that didn't workout. i ended up taking a job in a hospital and learned so much more then i ever expected. i then moved, took another job in a hospital where i ended up working nights for a whole year! i hated it! i looked for other jobs every opportunity i could because i hated nights, i dreamed of an office job! but i stuck it out for about a year and eventually moved to days where i worked for a while. in the mean time i continued to increase my knowledge and improve my skills. started working on my masters degree (which has always been a goal of mine). i was able to prove my knowledge and skill and recently took a job as a nurse educator (which was my long term goal) and finally have my m-f 8-5! as much as i disliked the hours in the beginning it gave me the knowledge and experience i needed to get where i ultimately wanted to be. i guess you just need to ask yourself what it is you want in the long run for your career.

i am currently working as a staff development nurse educator. we provide monthly self-studies, in-services, training etc. although we do offer a wide variety of training and education i believe a great deal of professional growth can take place from venturing outside of the hospital and attending ceu opportunities elsewhere. however, the nurses at our facility are not attending outside ceu opportunities because they are able to acquire adequate contact hours through the monthly self-studies and other training provided by our facility for their license renewal. does anyone have any ideas on how to encourage nursing staff to take the initiative to seek out these opportunities and attend for the benefit of their own professional growth?