CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) IMPACT FOR CLINICAL AND NURSING PRACTICE: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Professionalism provides for an obligation for nurses in carrying out nursing care in hospitals and this is obtained from continuing professional development (CPD). The aim of this research is to review the benefits of CPD in nursing practice. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This paper is a literature review using several databases, namely Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct. Searching for articles were with the keywords /MeSh vocabulary - “[Continuing Professional Development]” OR “[CPD]” AND “[Nursing]”AND [Professional]. RESULT: Based on the search results, nine articles were found which had used mixed (n=2), qualitative n= 2 and quantitative (n=5) methods. CONCLUSION: CPD impacts nurses' knowledge, skills, job retention, patient safety and quality of care.