This is an area of challenge for Nigerian nurses in clinical practice. Impressively, many nurses strive to attend as many workshops and seminars as possible for self improvement. An issue that is very often over looked is whether individual nurses are interested in lifelong education for the joy of it, or whether they participate in continuing education programmes for the purpose of job elevation or an opportunity to be away from work. Research is needed in this area. Another issue is the impact of such education on practice. Continuing education has argued by [7] is more than the acquisition of knowledge and that its aim is to change the nursing practice. Despite this assertion there is paucity of research regarding the effects of the continuing professional development on the subsequent clinical practice of participants. This is an anomaly in a climate of where accountability and quality assurance have assumed greater prominence. It is therefore essential to undertake research in the clinical setting that would examine the observable effect of continuing education programmes on clinical practice. This seems to be inevitable given the move towards evidence-based practice in nursing.