Self-directed learning

Question

You have been selected by your registering authority to undergo an audit of your continuing professional development activities for the past year. Below is a list of hypothetical CPD activities that you might accrue over 12 months' practice as a circulating nurse. For each activity, provide an example you might undertake (for C, select a real conference/seminar that you have attended or plan to attend in the coming year) and write a short reflection (100 words) on the reason you chose it (your rationale)
and the influence you expect this activity might have on your practice as a circulating nurse.
What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Answer:
Example: Watched the WHO videos on the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC); reviewed my hospital policy on patient identification and the SSC.

Rationale: I'm regularly involved in this practice and I'd like to improve compliance in my allocated operating room.
Used knowledge in this way: I waited for an appropriate time to suggest to the team that we might be able to complete the SSC Time Out segment; I felt more confident about introducing myself and role as circulating nurse and introducing the student nurse to the rest of the team; advised the surgeon to wait until the anaesthetists were satisfied with the patient's airway; completed the documentation.