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PREP does not have to be expensive

25 March 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

I write in response to Gina Robinson’s letter on support for lifelong learning (Letters March 4).

Get clicking

25 July 2000

Nursing Standard

Net work getting nurses online

HOW DO you find out about something you need to know? When you were little you asked your parents or teachers. When you were a teenager you thought only your peers...

Finding a way to manage your prep - and stay positive

20 July 1999

Nursing Standard

Book Review

Maggy Wallace has set out to dispel most, if not all, of the myths about PREP and the UKCC's requirements relating to this. For this reason alone the book would be...

Hard work, but worth it

13 June 2001

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

YOU MIGHT have heard a lot about accreditation recently but wonder what exactly it is. Accreditation is about setting standards and helping nurses shape their...

Accreditation

04 October 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

THE RCN'S definition of accreditation is: '...a system of external peer review for determining compliance with an agreed set of standards'. It implies that a group...

Professional development

19 May 1999

Nursing Standard

Careers: tips

ALL REGISTERED practitioners have to t • comply with the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting's (UKCC) requirements for post...

Continuing professional development

26 May 1999

Nursing Standard

Careers: tips

One of the main benefits of continuing professional development (CPD) is that it increases your job satisfaction. It allows you to keep on top of your practice, to...

Ask the experts

05 February 2002

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

W hat can I do with my RCN continuing education points? I have collected more than 200 points over the past three years through attendance at conferences and writing...

Diplomas for the new decade

25 April 1990

Nursing Standard

Clinical education

The Distance Learning Centre for Health Care Studies (DLC) was established at South Bank Polytechnic in 1984. It is situated in South Bank Technopark at the Elephant...

Practice makes perfect

04 January 1995

Nursing Standard

Campaign Section

What is continuing education? Is it the same as professional development Is that what the UKCC is referring to in PREP? Do I have to go to a college of nursing to do...