WHY DO CPD?

NMC PREP standards

To maintain your registration as a nurse, you must meet the post-registration education and practice (PREP)?standards for continuing professional development (CPD) set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). To do this you must:

• Undertake at least 35 hours of learning activity relevant to your practice every 3 years
• Maintain a personal professional profile of your learning activity
• Comply with a request by the NMC to audit your PREP.

Help to meet your PREP requirements

To help you meet the NMC's PREP standards for CPD the Practice Nursing CPD Gateway provides a package of multi-unit modules to review your learning activity and knowledge in key areas and identify your training needs. The Practice Nursing CPD Gateway helps you:

1. Determine your level of knowledge in key clinical areas
2. Identify gaps in your knowledge and need for further training
3. Map your knowledge and skills against appropriate competences
4. Keep a record of your learning activity and results on the CPD Gateway Dashboard
5. Keep your NMC professional profile up to date and ready for a random NMC audit
6. Keep up to date with clinical guidelines and recommendations, and advances in treatment
7. Gain certification for your learning activity and results
8. Choose from a range of units to suit your learning needs
9. Learn in any order, at any time, at your own pace