2019 Georgia Nurses Association Yearbook

2019 GNA Membership Assembly
NURSE PEER REVIEW REPORT
Report submitted by Lynn Rhyne, MN, RNC-MNN
Nurse Peer Review Leader
Continuing Education Approver Unit
Georgia Nurses Association
The Continuing Education Approver Unit (CEAU) of GNA is accredited by American Nurses Association
Commission on Accreditation (ANCC-COA) as an approver of nursing continuing professional development
activities. As an Approver Unit, we grant the authority to award contact hours to others who have
developed professional development activities. We cannot award contact hours for our own activities.
We were accredited June 26, 2017 and submitted our Self-Study for reaccreditation in July 2019. Our accreditation
period expires November 30, 2019. A Virtual Visit by ANCC appraisers occurred on September
25, 2019 and a report was sent to the Commission on Accreditation by the appraisers. We are awaiting
notification from them.
The Approved Provider Unit (PU) was approved by South Carolina Nurses Association September 17, 2019.
The PU can award contact hours for their own nursing continuing professional development activities.
The Approver Unit is authorized to plan, implement and evaluate a professional development activity and
award contact hours to learners who successfully complete these activities.
I serve two roles within GNA. As Nurse Peer Review Leader for the CEAU and Primary Nurse Planner for
the PU. Even though it appears the roles are different, and they are, ultimately, I am responsible for ensuring
that any activity for either unit adheres to GNA and ANCC criteria and standards.
This year we have received 81 applications, 76 have been approved.
We have presented one activity since we received approval. I am currently working with Sherry Sims and
Barbara Austin to implement a new GNF Peer Assistance Program activity. I am also assisting Chase Carey
in developing a Self-Care Workshop to be presented in January.
We currently have 15 Nurse Peer Reviewers (NPRs) with two who have taken personal leave. We are always
recruiting qualified nurses to become reviewers.
We hosted multiple continuing professional development opportunities throughout the year, including, but
not limited to, Expanding Your Skills and Making a Difference in Continuing Nursing Education (October
19, 2018), Building an Approved Provider Application-Understanding the Groundwork (December 8,
2018), GNA Legislative Advocacy Workshop 2019, GNA Legislative Session Kick-Off Day at the Capitol
(January 15, 2019), Introduction to Lean Healthcare Workshop (August 15, 2019), Learning the Intricacies
of Constructing a Quality Individual Activity Application (Valdosta, GA, September 13, 2019), and Learning
the Intricacies of Constructing a Quality Individual Activity Application (Savannah, GA, October 18, 2019).
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