Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A)
Policy
statement
Specific planning processes and
organizational criteria must be followed when presenting an American nurses
credentialing center "ANCC"/Ohio nurses association "ONA" continuing nursing
education "CNE" provider unit activity as defined in the 2015 provider unit
manual. All activities must be planned and implemented with the full knowledge
of the UT CNE director.
(B)
Purpose of
policy
To ensure ANCC/ONA criteria, rules and
requirements are adhered to throughout the planning, program implementation and
evaluation process.
(C)
Procedure
(1)
The nurse
planner, content expert, planning committee, speaker, and the primary nurse
planner decide on the topic area and type of activity is identified by the
assessment process. The planning committee then collaborates with the nurse
planner and the director of CNE (lead nurse planner).
(2)
Learning needs of
the target audience are met according to educational level, professional
specialty area, professional affiliation, and preferred method of learning.
Interdisciplinary collaboration is incorporated as appropriate.
(3)
Planning
committee members fulfill the required three roles: one) knowledge of CE
process (nurse planner); two) representative of the target audience; and three)
content expertise. There must be at least two people on the planning committee;
one person can fill one or more of these roles. If LPNs are expected in the
target audience, an LPN is included on the planning committee.
(4)
Planning
committee mutually formulated program purpose statement which is supported by
the needs assessment, objectives and content.
(5)
Objectives are
formulated and stated in behavioral terms that define the expected outcomes for
the learner. For category "A" and/or independent study handouts, power point
presentations are included with the documents to be submitted.
(6)
Content is
reflective of the educational objectives and is individualized to the target
audience considers the assumptions and principles known about adult learning.
If the program content is intended for specialized groups of learners
(non-certified clinical nurse specialist-CNS; Ohio advanced practice nurses; or
Ohio certified dialysis technicians) a representative of these special nurse
groups are on the planning committee.
(7)
Teaching and
learning materials, resources and delivery methods are congruent with the
objectives, content to be presented and time allotted for the activity based on
the level and amount of content and number of participants is
established.
(8)
A teaching strategy is determined and outline of the
content is documented.
(9)
Speakers are asked to review, agree with, and sign a
terms and conditions for speakers/authors.
(10)
Contact hours
are calculated based on the appropriate measure of sixty-minute contact hour
and calculated to the hundredths. The minimum number of contact hours to be
awarded is thirty minutes. Contact hour calculations for independent studies
are determined in a logical and defensible manner consistent with the
objectives, content, teaching/learning strategies, and target
audience.
(11)
A method for evaluating the activity and obtaining
learner feedback is established.
(12)
A method for
verifying participation and successful completion of the program is
established.
(13)
The disclosure to learners information is in written
form and complete with a notice of requirements for successful completion,
purpose/goals and objectives of the activity, conflict of interest or lack
thereof, commercial support or sponsorship, non-endorsement of products, off
label use, or complementary/therapeutic modalities when
applicable.
(14)
The budget planning is sound and follows reasonable
guidelines.
(15)
Physical space and additional equipment, audiovisual
equipment needs, and handouts are established.
(16)
Agenda and
schedule is created if the program is over two hours long.
(17)
Advertising
and/or directions for an independent study material announcement is created.
For independent studies the expiration date of the activity is
listed.
(18)
When an activity is co-provided a written agreement is
established and signed stating the provider unit's responsibilities and
co-provider responsibilities. The agreement is signed by the lead nurse planner
and the co-provider.
(19)
When an activity has commercial support or sponsorship
a guidelines and agreement for continuing nursing education and the standards
for disclosure and commercial support/sponsorship are clearly communicated and
agreed on as evidenced by a signed commercial support or sponsorship agreement
by appropriate representative of the entity.
(20)
Conflict of
interest forms are electronically sent out to all nurse planners, committee
members, content specialists, and speakers/presenters.
(21)
All nurse
planners, content specialist, and speakers/presenters, complete terms and
conditions for speakers/authors.
(22)
Appropriate ONA
documentation form for approved provider units is completed by the nurse
planner and submitted to the provider unit director for review.
(D)
The
director assumes the overall responsibility for affecting the planning process
along with the planning committee, which includes a RN planner. The planning
committee may also include speakers, authors and content experts.
(1)
All components of
the activity are placed in the UT college of nursing CNE z-drive electronic
file by the director or nurse planner, within seven-ten working days of receipt
of the documentation.
(2)
The director notifies the nurse planner, either by
phone or e-mail when an activity has met criteria for
presentation.
(E)
The RN planner, planning committee, and director of the
CNE if serving as the RN nurse planner and/or is on the planning committee
implement the educational activity as follows:
(1)
Date, time, and
location of the CNE activity are determined based on the need and availability
of the target audience and members of the planning committee.
(2)
Duties of the
planning committee are coordinated prior to and during the activity per
expertise of the planning committee member (i.e. set up of presentation needs
of presenter, room arrangement, introduction of speakers, distribution of
disclosure to learners, registration and evaluation forms, and distribution of
certificate of completion at the end of the program.
(3)
Notification of
disclosure to learners is given as a handout at the beginning of every CNE
program delineating conflict of interest of any personal, professional, or
financial.
(4)
Learner's criteria for successful achievement of CNE
activity are established and communicated to the target
audience.
(5)
Written evaluation and sign-in registration are
provided for the CNE activity.
(6)
Verification of
completion of the activity is documented and available to the learner in the
form of a certificate of completion.
(F)
The nurse
planners, members of the planning committee and the director of the CNE
(primary/lead nurse planner) are responsible for the evaluation process for the
CNE activity after it is completed as follows: All CNE events are evaluated
according to the established criteria required for the evaluation
process.
(1)
The evaluation summary is compiled by the nurse planner. The
evaluation process assesses if the objectives were achieved, the effectiveness
of the presenter/faculty, how relevant was the program to the participants
practice, overall rating of the activity, additional comments and suggestions
for future programs.
The evaluation summary is shared with
the director and the nurse planner shares the results of the evaluative summery
with the planning committee and the presenter/faculty. If the evaluation data
indicates a valid need for changing any aspect of the educational
activity
(2)
This is done through communication with the director
and documentation of proposed changes is placed in the CNE learning activity
electronic file.
(G)
Learners evaluate
each and every program and record the results of meeting the objectives,
teaching effectiveness, meeting the purpose of the program and relevance of the
content was to their practice. Learners are given opportunity to make comments
and suggestions about the program and suggestions for future program
topics.