{"title":"Linking Gaps and Outcomes: Why It Matters.","authors":"Pamela S Dickerson","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001082","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the importance of connecting gaps and outcomes to ensure delivery of quality professional development activities. Designing and implementing activities to close or narrow gaps and produce measurable outcomes supports the value of nursing professional development in advancing goals of departments, organizations, and consumer health. Implications for professional development associates as well as novice, competent, and advanced nursing professional development practitioners are addressed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001082","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article explores the importance of connecting gaps and outcomes to ensure delivery of quality professional development activities. Designing and implementing activities to close or narrow gaps and produce measurable outcomes supports the value of nursing professional development in advancing goals of departments, organizations, and consumer health. Implications for professional development associates as well as novice, competent, and advanced nursing professional development practitioners are addressed.