1. Continuing Professional
Development
Jo-Anne McShane

2. APHRA
‘Continuing professional
development (CPD) helps health
professionals to maintain, improve
and broaden their knowledge,
expertise and competence’

3. CPD
Minimum of 20hrs (or points) per year.
Documentation must provide details
including dates, a brief description and
hrs/points spent in each activity.
Participation in mandatory continuing
education such as child safety and
manual handling is counted towards
CPD.

4. Examples of CPD
 Learning packages
 Audits
 Reading a journal article, Journal clubs
 Nursing meetings
 Courses, Conferences, Workshops, In-Services
 Post-graduate /Masters courses
 Review of hospital/ department policies
 Involvement in department or hospital quality projects
 Developing and presenting educational materials
 Learning Contracts, Performance Appraisals, Anecdotal Notes
 Reflective Journal
 Involvement in projects
ANY activity that contributes to your learning
(in your area of Nursing)

5. Try….
And think outside of the box….
Do not rely on in-services and workshops to
meet your educational needs

6. Template
Activity: 25 August 2010
Preparation and presentation of
a workshop on professional
portfolios
Preparation
time: 6hrs
Presentation
time: 5hrs
Total time:
9hrs
Outcomes:
This workshop was designed to assist nurses into understanding why maintaining a
portfolio is important for their career, and to demonstrate their CPD requirements in
the event they are audited for registration purposes.
Topics covered included National Registration, CPD, and Portfolios.
I learned the importance of……..

7. Template
Date Topic Activity Type Outcomes CPD
hrs
5/7/10 Asthma In-service- Nathan
peads nurse
ED The Shed
In-service on asthma for peads. I learnt the emergency home procedure that is
being taught to parents, common inhalants and preventers and the role of the
respiratory liaison nurse in the hospital.
45min
5/7/10 C Diff- Infection Control In-Service Presenter
ED- The Shed
Presentation given on C Diff. Education given including what C Diff, a typical
presentation, the treatments and PPE required.
2hr
45min
14/7/10 Infection Control Training
Infection Control
Department
Training by the Infection Control Department to do the yearly Mandatory
Competency for Infection Control Nursing Skills.
2hrs
17/7/10 Infection Control-
Snakes and Ladders Quiz
In-service- Presenter
ED- The Shed
Presentation given via game ‘Snakes and Ladders’, quiz questions related to
infection control and practical examples such as trying to remove PPE with red
paint on hands and body, and using the retractable syringes on oranges.
1hr
45min
29/7/10 Infection Control Training
Education Centre
Training for Hand Hygiene- Implementing the new auditing system based on the
‘5 Moments of Hand Hygiene’
4hrs
30/7/10 Mandatory
Competencies
In-service- Presenter
ED- The Shed
Presentation given on Mandatory Competency for Infection Control Nursing
Skills
45min
30/7/10 Seizures In-Service- Dr
ED- The Shed
Attended in-service on seizure- typical causes of seizures that are not caused by
epilepsy. Case study on sudden cardiac death preceded by syncope episode and
seizures caused by hypokalemia. I learnt that not all seizures are caused by
epilepsy and I should do an ECG on all presentations of ALOC.
45min
31/7/10 Hand Hygiene Culture Interactive Discussion
ED-The Shed
This discussion was brought up due to the poor ongoing Hand Hygiene results
for the ED. Strategies to improve statistics such as rewards for observing good
hand hygiene practice and techniques were discussed. It was suggested a survey
be put out to examine why HH was such a issue in the department.
45min
6/8/2010 Mandatory
Competencies
Infection Control
In-service-Presenter
ED- The Shed
The mandatory competency on IC held previously was a hospital wide
presentation which was not very relevant to the department and did not address
our problems. I took photos of our staff in different scenarios and put funny
IC/ED cartoons into the presentation.
2hrs
45min
TOTAL: 12hrs 30min

8. Template
Date Topic Activity Type/
Presenter
Outcomes CPD
hrs
10/8/2010 Identifying medication
errors
Interactive In-service
David Corkill- Educator
The Shed
This in-service was aimed at identifying medication errors. The group was split
and given different scenarios which often had obtrusive medication errors. This
in-service made me aware of common medication errors such as, medications
not being documented correctly and medications that may be written up which
contradicts policy and procedure.
45min
10/8/2010 New hospital layout David Corkill- Educator
The Shed
This session we were shown the layout of the new Emergency Department, and
problems such as bed block, unsafe workloads were discussed.
45 min

9. Date Topic Activity
Type
Outcomes CPD
hrs
2/10/09 Procedural Sedation Learning Package All nurses performing procedural sedation in the department must
be credentialed. I have learnt the policies and procedures for
sedating a patient in the department.
2hrs
2/10/09 Unit Meeting Unit Meeting
ED- The Shed
The unit meeting discussed…….. I contributed to the meeting by
bringing up an issue……
45min
2/10/09 Emergency
Conference
Conference- Gold
Coast Convention
Centre
I attended the Emergency Nurses conference and attended sessions
based on my interest- education and initiatives. Please see Appendix
2 for sessions I attended and reflection.
16hrs
2/10/09 Portfolios Journal Article This article highlighted the benefits of electronic portfolios over
paper portfolios. This has lead me to investigate the possibility of
storing my portfolio online.
Dion, K. W., & Smolenski, M. (2008). Why you need an electronic
professional portfolio. American Nurse Today, 3(9), 13-14.
1hr
2/10/09 Masters Assignment
Auditing and
Feedback
Written Assessment This assignment looked at the use of Handrub for the 2009 year at
Robina ED. It was discovered that handwashing is the preferred
method of Hand Hygiene in the department, showing the need for
further education as to the benefits of ABHR.
10hrs

11. Questions?