Rationale for Continuing 
                            Education
            • Promoting a culture of reading
            • Ensuring ongoing learning 
            • Encouraging responsibility for 
               personal learning
            • Improvement of knowledge and 
               skills 
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                       Rationale
          • Helping improve the care provided 
            to clients
          • Provision of evidence based care
          • Reduce mortality and morbidity 
          • Improved job satisfaction
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                       Ways of Achieving the Credit Hours 
          • Article from a Nursing/Midwifery 
            Journal
          • Textbook
          • Research 
          • Electronic Mail 
          • Personal Reading
          NB  All information must be < 10yrs
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                    Personal Reading
                      Steps to follow
            Produce a write-up about the 
              article- provide the reference
            • Give an overview of the article
            • Outline the main points learned
            • Outline how it will affect personal 
              practice
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          Presentation of the findings
          •Staff meeting
          •Ward Rounds
          •Report time
          •Health related meeting
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