The survey included 19 items: a multiple-choice item to assess how California DHs defined continued competence; four 5-point Likert scale items (ranging from "Strongly Agree" to "Strongly Disagree") to assess beliefs regarding competence as they relate to patient safety, years in practice, perceptions about their own competence, and the need to verify competence throughout ones' professional career; a 5-point Likert scale item (ranging from "Strongly Agree" to "Strongly Disagree") to determine if the current requirement for mandatory continuing education is adequate to assure continued competence; and one item (yes/no response options) to assess awareness of the DHCC's intent to pursue continued competence measures as a condition of licensure.
(22) These groups also question the concept of mandatory continuing education as an effective method to assure competence.
The WNA Education Council submitted recommendations regarding
mandatory continuing education and continued competence of RNs to the WNA Board of Directors.
Mandatory continuing education: a survey of the literature and a comment on the implications for physical therapy.
Perceptions of Radiologic .Technologists Toward Mandatory Continuing Education: An Assessment of the Relationship Between Selected Demographic and Sociopsychologic Variables and Acceptance of Mandatory Continuing Education.
"The Wisconsin Nurses Association endorses the concept of continuing education as a necessity for professional practice and supports the belief that the ultimate responsibility for continuing education rests upon the individual nurse." The membership of WNA believed that a system of mandatory continuing education would be premature in Wisconsin.
Interest in requiring continuing education as a condition of licensure has surfaced again this year, with two legislative drafts which would require mandatory continuing education to renew registered nurse's licenses.
For continued licensure, the nurse must maintain certification through
mandatory continuing education according to the certification agency.
We have had ongoing discussions in the organization related to
mandatory continuing education and the membership has expressed a strong interest in exploring the feasibility of
mandatory continuing education.