When most of us graduated from schools of nursing, we had in mind that we would continue our education. Most commonly this idea involved participating in short conferences or workshops and attending organizationally sponsored learning sessions, which might be as short as 1 hour. Some of us didn't necessarily keep trackof those educational endeavors because they didn't "count" for anything. We participated because of factors ranging from we wanted the day off to we saw a potential, new career path. We quickly realized that if we wanted to translate what we learned into practice, we had to have administrative support and sometimes interdisciplinary support. What we were focused on was learning that translated into our practice rather than learning that changed who we were as professionals. The former is critical to our patients, the latter is critical to the profession and the world. Let me explain.
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