Accreditation is the assessment that an external body made of an individual, organization or activity, in our case the continuous training activities, using pre-established criteria and standards. Is configured as a system, commonly accepted, for the improvement of continuing education.
Nursing shared with other health professions recognition, as a guarantee of quality training, the credits issued by accreditation bodies, which also become curricular value to the recipients of the accredited training.
Nursing is designed training priorities within healthcare organizations and within the framework of the Autonomous Communities. Considering the need and relevance of such training from the social, professional and institutional, justifies the accreditation is performed by entities who are familiar with the industry.
The criteria used for accreditation of continuing education in nursing by accredited may be common in its general aspects with those of other professions. However, they must be adapted to different types and forms of training its own nurses. The Encomienda Management, assigned to the General Nursing Council, which facilitates these adjustments are carried out in accordance to the needs of the profession because they are made from the deep knowledge of the interests and training needs of nursing.
