CEAB Guidelines for Continuing Education Approval, A Manual

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CONSIDERATIONS: o If a nurse with a BSN is not readily available, the committee may consult with a nurse who has a BS or a BA, if this nurse has a major in nursing. It is not acceptable to have the consultant review the content after the planning process has been completed. Consultants must be part of the on-going planning process. o A Biographical Data Form is required for everyone listed on the planning committee list. This documentation serves to verify that planners have the expertise to plan the activity. o Presenters of sessions who have the appropriate credentials may be listed as part of the planning committee only if they have been involved in the planning of the entire activity. o Planning may occur through face-to-face meetings, conference calls, or written correspondence such as faxes and e-mails. o Planning committees should refer to the criteria in the Guidelines and to the application during the planning process. In fact, the application can be completed as part of the planning process. DETERMINATION OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE A brief statement identifying the target audience for the activity must be listed. CNE activities should be developed in response to, and with consideration for, the unique educational needs of the target audience. CONSIDERATIONS: o The target audience must include but is not limited to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, technicians, nursing assistants and physicians. The target audience may also include other health care providers or related specialists who would increase their knowledge and/or improve their skills by attending the activity. o Although the audience may be comprised of several categories of learners, the activity should be directed toward the group that represents the majority of the learners. Although we offer educational opportunities for a variety of health care providers, our main goal is to provide continuing education for nurses. o Anyone who completes the activity may be awarded a contact hour certificate. Whether that person can use the certificate towards their state re-licensure or recertification is up to his/her state or recertification board. METHOD OF NEEDS ASSESSMENT (Choices on the Application Form) Continuing education activities should be designed to meet identified and documented needs of the target audience. Choose your method of needs assessment from the choices provided on the application form or provide your own. Member surveys, quality improvement studies, review of evaluation form data or trends in healthcare related to literature or law are some of the methods of determining learning needs of the target audience. CONSIDERATIONS: o Activity content should pertain to specific nursing or patient problems or to broad issues related to the delivery of health care, and should not focus on specific products. o The location and scheduling of the activity should be based on the needs of the learners, not based on the convenience of the presenter. A NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS: A systematic process of gathering information that is appropriate and sufficient to develop an effective educational program that will address the groups’ needs and wants (gap). Methods that are frequently used for determining a needs assessment include the following: • Membership Learning Needs Survey • Patient Care Requirements • Request from Sample of Potential Audience (focus groups) • Changes in Legislation or reimbursement • Review of current professional literature • Evaluation from prior learning activity - 6 -
• Recent trends in patient population • Annual event • Others including: QI data, Morbidity and Mortality data, new methods of diagnosis or treatment, new technologies. VERIFYING PARTICIPATION OF THE ACTIVITY (choices on the Application Form) Planners must indicate the process by which they will verify that the learners completed the activity. Simply choose one of the choices on the Application Form or choose “Other” and describe. RELATED LINKS Verifying Participation and Successful Completion P&P Non-Live Activities THE METHOD TO BE USED TO EVALUATE THE ACTIVITY (choices on the Application Form) If using the ANNA Evaluation Form, the Likert scale should be selected on the second page of the application form. The Likert scale, is a ranking of “excellent/outstanding,” “satisfactory,” or “poor.” Scales of “1 to 3” or “1 to 5” are generally used. The highest number corresponds with the more positive rank (e.g., 5 = outstanding, excellent). WRITTEN COMMENTS REQUESTED ON EVALUATION FORM (choices on the Application Form) Learner input is an integral part of the evaluation process. Choose which types of written comments are requested on the Evaluation Form. HOW WILL EVALUATION RESULTS BE USED? (choices on the Application Form) The committee must indicate how the evaluation data will be used. Evaluation data and input from learners should be used when planning future activities. APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT OF ASSOCIATED COMMERCIAL PROMOTION The coordinator must attest to the fact that no educational materials (slides, handouts, abstracts, logos, etc.) will contain advertising, trade names, or product-group messages. EXPENDITURES POLICY The provider may have written policies and procedures that govern honoraria and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses for planners, teachers, and authors. As providers may not have any written policies, coordinators may commit to adhering to ANNA's policy on expenditures. If provider chooses not to adhere to ANNA's policy, then provider must submit their existing expenditure policy. Refer to page 34 for ANNA's policy. RELATED LINKS Sponsorship and Commercial Support Guidelines FAMILIARITY WITH CEAB GUIDELINES The Coordinator must attest to the fact that at least one planning committee member has read and is familiar with CEAB Guidelines. The American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (ANCC) requires that one member of the planning committee is familiar with ANCC criteria, so if a planning committee member has read CEAB Guidelines, he or she is familiar with ANCC Criteria, as the CEAB Guidelines are a reflection and implementation of ANCC Criteria. RECORD KEEPING AGREEMENT ANNA must keep detailed activity records on file for six years. To facilitate this in a timely manner, it is imperative that all providers return their paperwork to ANNA within 30 days following their activity date. By signing the record keeping agreement, coordinators agree to return the completed Attendance Records including learner full names and addresses, Approval Process Evaluation Form, Summary Evaluation Form, blank CNE certificates, and copies of the CNE certificates to the National Office within 30 days following the activity. If the provider desires to maintain the CNE certificate records for the six-year period, the coordinator should not sign the Record Keeping Agreement. Coordinators must issue a statement with the CNE - 7 -
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