Professional Development in Nursing: Local to Global

1. Professional
Development in
Nursing: Local
to Global
Dr. B. Sunil S. De Silva,
RN, BScN (OUSL), MN (RES) (Australia), PhD (USA).
Dean/Senior Lecturer in Nursing,
Department of Nursing,
Faculty of Health Sciences,
The Open University of Sri Lanka.

3. Are We Professionals?

4. General Criteria for
Profession
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A body of knowledge on which skills & services are based.
Deliver unique service to other humans.
Colleges & University based education.
Control of standards for practice.
Responsibility & accountability of members their own actions.
Career commitment by members.
Independent function.

8. Find the best route to your career destination

9. Nurses can take many different
professional-development routes
Before you decide you’ll need to consider many
factors.
• Do you know exactly what you want to do?
• Is this the right time for you to alter your journey?
• Do you have the support you’ll need?
• If your choice means you’ll need to get more
education, do you have access to the right
academic program?
• Your education will explore the desirable and
available career destinations……

10. Types of Nursing Specialties: 20 Fast-
Growing Nursing Fields
1.Registered Nurse (RN) ...
2.Cardiac Nurse. ...
3.Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthetist (CRNA) ...
4.Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) ...
5.Critical Care Nurse. ...
6.ER Nurse. ...
7.Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) ...
8.Geriatric Nursing.
• More items...

11. As Sri Lankan Nurses……..
• Where are you……..?
• Where should you have to go……?
• What is the global trend in nursing …..?
• What happen to us and our nursing profession….?
• Think about these and take your responsibility as a
nurse to develop yourselves as well as the future
of Nursing Profession.

12. Any Questions?
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