University Nursing Report: CPD and Patient Safety Analysis

This report provides a critical analysis of a paper focusing on Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for nurses. The report examines the position statement, highlighting the importance of CPD in delivering safe patient care while acknowledging the challenges nurses face in meeting minimum hour requirements. The analysis evaluates the paper's structure, clarity, and relevance, emphasizing the connection between CPD and the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. The author's use of evidence, including references to Australian government websites and recent research, is assessed for credibility and academic integrity. The report also discusses the challenges nurses face in achieving CPD hours, such as work stress and busy schedules, supported by relevant references. Overall, the report demonstrates a thorough understanding of the topic and a critical evaluation of the original paper's arguments and supporting evidence.

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Introduction
The aim of the assignment is to critically analyse the paper based on the topic
“Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is a mandatory requirement to maintain a nurse’s
registration, to ensure they are able to maintain and enhance their knowledge, skills and
performance to deliver safe patient care. Yet the minimum number of hours required is difficult
for many nurses to attain, and can take away from the time needed for patient care.” Using the
framework guide provided a constructive feedback will be provided.
Critique
In the given article, the position statement is precise and clearly stated. It informs the
readers about the content of article. The position statement reflects two different aspects one is
that, it is essential for the nurses to engage in continuous professional development to deliver the
safe patient care and at the same time, it highlights that it is difficult to attain the minimum hours
as it may take away time needed for patient care. The position statement is well structured with
introduction and conclusion clearly stating the position.
The position statement is related to topic and draws the attention of the readers to review
the full text of the paper. The content of the paper regarding the registered nurse and the reason
for CPD being essential component for them is stated. The author of the given paper adequately
demonstrates the links to the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. In this context, it
is comprehensively discussed that why it is required to meet the CPD criteria The position
statement gives an hint that the NMBA standards supports this position.

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The position statement is supported with relevant references. It is an evidence that
supports the arguments in the paper. The evidence is relevant to the topic and is very recent, thus
indicating that the information is authentic and reliable (McMillan & Schumacher, 2014). The
evidence supporting the position statement is current and credible because it pertains to
Australian government website such as www.ahpra.gov.au, www.nursingmiswiferyboard.gov.au
which, gives updated information pertaining to this area. It demonstrates the depth of the
research conducted for writing and is convincing for the readers. The use of credible sources
highlights the academic integrity (Rahimi et al., 2017).
The paper is flawless in terms of the information provided and every piece of it is
supported with the evidence including the statement on national law, the hours required for and
the mandatory learning activities in CPD, by Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency,
2017. The author has also supported the arguments on why it is necessary to take opportunity
and extra measures of CPD. The author has mentioned about different NMBA standards such as
standard 2.4, 2.7, 3.3, 3.7, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2 and each one is supported with in text citations. The
author has provided clear information supporting with information on why it is difficult for the
nurses to attain the minimum 20 hours of CPD. It includes work stress, overload, busy schedule
and consequences of not fulfilling these responsibilities. The author has supported all the
parameters with reliable references. There is no need of adding any external references in this
context and there is no compromise on academic honesty (Thomson, 2016).

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References
McMillan, J. H., & Schumacher, S. (2014). Research in education: Evidence-based inquiry.
Pearson Higher Ed.
Rahimi, Z., Litman, D., Correnti, R., Wang, E., & Matsumura, L. C. (2017). Assessing Students’
Use of Evidence and Organization in Response-to-Text Writing: Using Natural Language
Processing for Rubric-Based Automated Scoring. International Journal of Artificial
Intelligence in Education, 1-35.
Thomson, P. (2016). Writing the introduction to a journal article: say what the reader is going to
encounter and why it is important. Impact of Social Sciences Blog.