How Advanced Nursing Education and Lifelong Learning Help Improve Patient Outcomes

Professional Development in Nursing
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Continuing nursing education is an effective practice that provides nurses with an opportunity to study and advance various techniques required to improve safe patient care. Nursing is considered a profession that is rapidly changing in technology and complexity. With the advancing technology and multifaceted nature of the health system, nurses are forced to engage in continuous lifelong learning to meet the current standards. Lifelong learning is critical evidence of competence for nurse practitioners as they are expected to acquire new knowledge across their lives. This learning makes them well informed about the best clinical decisions to make while offering patient treatment. This practice also helps health professionals to be updated with new developments in evidence-based nursing information (Mlambo, Silen & McGrath, 2021). Hence, lifelong practice is essential in improving nurses’ knowledge and skills.
Advanced nursing education, including Baccalaureate degrees and PHDs, is another vital factor leading to better patient outcomes. For this reason, most hospitals are hiring many Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) prepared nurses with higher levels of n...