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Background: Nurses are required to work in a professional manner, including to maintain and improve their competency periodically through continuing professional development (CPD). However, it is not easy for Indonesia nurses because Indonesia does not have a Nursing Council which impacts to the different regulation implemented in the hospital. These differences involve the updating competency of nurses in the hospital who give nursing services in different areas of practice. Aims: This study aims to explore a deep understanding of the factors contributing to continuing professional development from the perception of hospital administrators in Indonesia. Methods: This study was a qualitative design, the data for which were gathered from 10 hospital administration of one hospital in east Java, Indonesia. The measurements included 10 in-depth interviews and focused group discussion (FGD). Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Result: Three themes emerged as follows: 1) Nursing professional careers with two subthemes: Speciality and Scientist; 2) In-depth recognition by society, comprised two subthemes: as requirement and improving confidence and 3) selecting prospective program, derived into two subthemes: department needed and selective person. Conclusion: The findings provided factors contributing to CPD of nurses in the hospital to provide better nursing services to patients offering a basis for developing a greater principle of continuing professional development