How can the new graduate LPN best meet the ongoing educational requirements of the nursing profession?
1.
Sit in on the classes taken during nursing school as a refresher course.
2.
Share ideas with coworkers during quiet times at work.
3.
Ask your nursing supervisor to teach you about new things.
4.
Join a professional organization to attend seminars.
ANS: 4
Nursing constantly changes and in five years, 50 percent of what you learned in school could be obsolete. When you join a professional organization, you receive their journal, which will keep you up to date. There will also be periodic seminars you can attend.
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