Professional development through training and training has immense value. In particular, Havea & Mohanty (2019) agrees that training and education the capabilities of individuals and improve the level of productivity. In part, education and training provide the respective profession with the required capabilities, which is further reflected in the quality of work and the overall quality of the rendered services (Havea & Mohanty, 2019). Thus, some of the strategies put in place to advance and develop the academic portfolio are through engaging in training and education.
In this approach, attaining the required skills and competence was enhanced through completion of the curriculum and within a given time duration also has a positive impact on the quality of services rendered to the patient and the health care users. Thus, the entire academic activities required to achieve certification will be included in the professional development goals. In this case, in adherence to the academic domain, the goal of engaging in professional development would be to increase technical skills and competence through continuous education.
The second strategy that is incongruent with continuous education is to engage in Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) competence and gain the ability and new knowledge from others and also be part of the greater efforts to disseminate knowledge and information. Continuous education and engagement in professional practice have been cited as having positive impacts on professional development.
The after-mentioned goals focus on the need to engage in education and training as part of the professional development goals. The goals are also incongruent with the University’s social change. In particular, social change is defined as the deliberate process of creating and applying ideas, actions, and strategies to promote worth and dignity. In this regard, professional development contributes to the process of creating ideas and applying the ideas to actual practice to promote worth and dignity (Raymond, 2020).
For instance, through CE, a professional has the ability to stay up to date with current information and develop new skills which can be implemented in the practice setting to provide quality care. Secondly, engaging in nursing competence is also part of the greater efforts, which also allowed for the application of ideas to improve the dignity and worth of the patient, families, and other health care stakeholders. Thus, the professional goals support the university’s social change through the advancement of practice.
Havea, P. H., & Mohanty, M. (2019). Professional development and sustainable development goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69902-8_53-1
Raymond, L. (2020). Academic guides: Center for social change: Walden and social change. Academicguides.waldenu.edu. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/social-change/mission
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