As a healthcare professional, continuing professional development (CPD) is essential to meeting significant clinical benchmarks such as those put in place by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). These standardise the quality of a nursing professional's technical and theoretical care and delineate the essential aspects of care given – emphasising the value of clinical portfolios and the vital role they play in the development of careers. Groves (2014) defines CPD as “a professional requirement for nurses that involves learning in practice” as training nurses to deliver exceptional care during practice can safeguard and improve the public’s health and wellbeing (Groves, 2014).
The importance of high quality care is also emphasised by the NMBA, calling for knowledge and skills to be kept current, and for the “standards of professional code of conduct” to be upheld (Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC] as cited in Groves, 2014). The NMBA has set several specific requirements in place that …show more content…
Portfolios comprising labelled evidence and critical reflection on that evidence are created as part of the learning process, showing evidence of that learning. It may additionally include a definitive claim or exhibition that relevant learning outcomes have been achieved or are acknowledged to be needing additional improvement. “In healthcare, portfolios can be used as a mode of assessment that will integrate theory and practice and thereby address the theory-practice divide” (Nairn et al. as cited in Sowter, Cortis, & Clarke, 2011). Portfolios actively demonstrate career-long learning and maintenance of competency showing that one is accountable for their practice and are abreast of technology and change in healthcare (Berman,
The importance of high quality care is also emphasised by the NMBA, calling for knowledge and skills to be kept current, and for the “standards of professional code of conduct” to be upheld (Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC] as cited in Groves, 2014). The NMBA has set several specific requirements in place that …show more content…
Portfolios comprising labelled evidence and critical reflection on that evidence are created as part of the learning process, showing evidence of that learning. It may additionally include a definitive claim or exhibition that relevant learning outcomes have been achieved or are acknowledged to be needing additional improvement. “In healthcare, portfolios can be used as a mode of assessment that will integrate theory and practice and thereby address the theory-practice divide” (Nairn et al. as cited in Sowter, Cortis, & Clarke, 2011). Portfolios actively demonstrate career-long learning and maintenance of competency showing that one is accountable for their practice and are abreast of technology and change in healthcare (Berman,