Continuing Education Units
The issue of mandatory continuing education units (CEUs) for nurses is controversial. Critics of CUEs argue that they are time consuming and they have no impact on practice. In my opinion though, CEUs are important because they promote patient safety and help to keep nurses up-to- date. These pros and cons of CEUs will be explored below.
The health care field is dynamic and characterized by ever increasing medical and technological innovations, emerging diseases, new medical breakthroughs, changes in patient care modalities and policies governing health care, medical, and nursing practice. For nurses to remain competent, therefore, they ...
