# Situation: The nurse educator of a government hospital manages staff development for its endocrine and gastrointestinal wards. Every registered nurse must renew the professional identification card (PIC), which requires continuing professional development (CPD) units under the Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016. A staff nurse asks who heads the CPD Council for Nursing. Under the CPD Act of 2016, who is the chairperson of the council?

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## 문제

Situation: The nurse educator of a government hospital manages staff development for its endocrine and gastrointestinal wards. Every registered nurse must renew the professional identification card (PIC), which requires continuing professional development (CPD) units under the Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016.

A staff nurse asks who heads the CPD Council for Nursing. Under the CPD Act of 2016, who is the chairperson of the council?

## 보기

1. The president of the accredited professional organization
2. The chairperson of the Professional Regulation Commission
3. A representative of the nursing deans' organization
4. A member of the Board of Nursing **✔ 정답**

**정답: 4**

## 해설

Each profession's CPD Council is chaired by a member of its professional regulatory board. Its members are the president of the accredited professional organization and a representative of the national organization of deans or department heads of schools of that profession.

## 심화 해설

Who chairs the CPD Council
Under the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act of 2016 (Republic Act 10912), each regulated profession has a CPD Council under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Each profession's CPD Council is chaired by a member of its professional regulatory board, so the CPD Council for Nursing is chaired by a member of the Board of Nursing. The council's other members are the president of the accredited professional organization and a representative of the national organization of deans or department heads of schools of that profession.

| CPD Council for Nursing | Who |
| --- | --- |
| Chairperson | A member of the Board of Nursing |
| Member | President of the accredited integrated professional organization of nurses |
| Member | Representative of the national organization of deans of nursing schools |

What the CPD Council does
The council implements CPD for its profession. It evaluates and accredits CPD providers and programs, assesses applications for CPD units from activities such as self-directed learning, and monitors compliance. Its work links directly to licensure: registered nurses must complete the required CPD units to renew the professional identification card (PIC). The nurse educator in the scenario needs to know this structure to guide staff in choosing accredited activities and applying for units.

Why the other options are wrong
The president of the accredited professional organization is a member of the council, not its chairperson. The PRC chairperson heads the commission as a whole, which supervises all the professional regulatory boards, but does not chair each profession's CPD Council. The representative of the deans' organization is also a member, not the chair.

Watch out! Three of the options name actual council members or PRC officials, so recognizing a familiar title is not enough. Remember that the regulatory board, the body that also regulates licensure, leads the council.

Exam takeaway
Key point! The CPD Council for Nursing is chaired by a member of the Board of Nursing, with the professional organization president and a deans' organization representative as members.

## 임상 시나리오

CPD Council for NursingStructure under the CPD Act of 2016
Each profession has a CPD Council under the PRC, created by the CPD Act of 2016.

Chair: a member of the Board of Nursing. Members: the president of the accredited professional organization and a representative of the deans of nursing schools.

The council accredits providers and programs, awards units, and monitors CPD compliance needed to renew the PIC.

## 핵심 개념

- **CPD Act of 2016** — Republic Act 10912, which requires continuing professional development for PRC-regulated professionals.
- **CPD Council** — A body under the PRC for each profession that implements and monitors continuing professional development.
- **Board of Nursing** — The professional regulatory board under the PRC that regulates nursing licensure and practice.
- **Professional identification card** — The PRC-issued card showing a professional's valid registration, renewed with CPD compliance.

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