Please Read on CNE and NPD Competencies before starting this journal The purpose of the Journal is to provide a valid tool for reflection. Nurses use reflection in their daily practice and in performing research activities as a mechanism to identify their own feelings toward an issue related to patients, students, or new concepts or experience.

Please Read on CNE and NPD Competencies before starting this journal The purpose of the Journal is to provide a valid tool for reflection. Nurses use reflection in their daily practice and in performing research activities as a mechanism to identify their own feelings toward an issue related to patients, students, or new concepts or experience.

This week you have been learning information about the background, the process, and the importance of the CNE and the NPD. The Journal is a way for the adult learner to process new information and to make a connection between what you already know and any new information you have learned. Directions After you have completed your reading on competency and certification, please reflect and then respond to the following: Discuss main differences Who are the accrediting agencies for the CNE Exam and for the National Professional Development exam? How do the certifications differ in focus? Why would you choose one certification over another? What is the eligibility for taking the CNE exam and how would you prepare for the CNE exam? How does becoming a CNE or a NPD add to your professionalism?