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Montana Nurses
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Association
Provider Newsletter: July, 2014
MEET THE DIRECTOR OF THE ANCC
ACCREDITATION PROGRAM!
Dr. Kathy Chappell, PhD, RN, Vice President of the Accreditation Program and Institute for
Credentialing Research at ANCC, will be in Montana during the first week of October, 2014!
Kathy will be meeting with the MNA Council on Continuing Education on the evening of
Tuesday, September 30 and will give the featured presentation at the opening of the MNA
Annual Convention on the morning of October 1. Her topic is “Interprofessional Education to
Improve Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes”. Following that
presentation, Kathy will facilitate a break-out session for people interested in further discussion
on this topic. She will be available to talk with participants individually during a reception from
5-5:45 that evening. Kathy will be present throughout the convention, and will present a session
on Friday morning entitled “Successfully Transitioning Registered Nurses and Advanced
Practice Registered Nurses into Clinical Practice Settings”.
Please plan to be with us for convention – the theme is “nurses as key players on the healthcare
team”. You can increase your own knowledge and skills, network with colleagues, and meet the
ANCC Accreditation Program director! We look forward to seeing you there!
EXPIRATION DATE FOR YOUR PROVIDER UNIT
Please be aware that your expiration date is the date your provider approval expires, not the date
that the application is due. We send you a notice 6 months before your provider status is
scheduled to expire. At that point, we ask that you submit the eligibility form and confirm your
intent to reapply. We will then schedule a telephone call with your nurse planners to discuss the
provider application and answer any questions you have about submitting your evidence.
The application itself is due at least 3 months before your scheduled expiration date. That gives
the approver unit’s peer reviewers ample time to review your materials, request and review any
additional required information, and verify that all criteria are met.
Montana Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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If your application is in the final review stages, we can extend your provider expiration date for
that short interval pending receipt of final information. However, it is important to note that you
may not award contact hours for any continuing education activities after your expiration date.
Please mark your calendars to ensure timely receipt of your application materials.
“Library” of Independent Studies
Available from MNA
A resource library of independent study activities has been established by MNA and is available at
www.mtnurses.org. The library consists of a mix of written materials and taped webinars that learners
may register for and access at their convenience. The list of resources will continue to grow over the
next several months.
There are two related opportunities for you:
If you have learners who are looking for independent study resources, feel free to refer them to these
activities.
If you or one of your colleagues are interested in writing independent studies or taping a webinar for
use in the MNA library, we would love to talk with you about how that can work. Let us know!
Fall Webinar Series for Nurse Planners
Again this fall, MNA will be partnering with the Ohio Nurses Association to present a series of
webinars on the theme of “Documenting Evidence of Effectiveness in your Approved Provider
Unit”. The sessions will be facilitated by Pam Dickerson, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, Director of
Continuing Education at MNA; Zandra Ohri, MA, MS, RN, Director of Continuing Education at
ONA; and Terry Pope, Chair of the ONA Continuing Education Approver Council. Descriptions
of the 4 sessions and registration information are attached to this newsletter.
Additional Information About PharmacologySpecific Contact Hours
Montana Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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In the April, 2014, newsletter, we provided information about determining hours appropriate
for advanced practice registered nurses who need pharmacology-specific continuing education.
ANCC has released additional information that you may find helpful:
Published by ANCC 4/15/14 – copied with permission for your internal use only – please do not
distribute outside of your provider unit.
Purpose: To establish a standardized method to calculate and award ANCC contact hours for
content that meets criteria for pharmacotherapeutic credit
Definition of terms:
 ANCC contact hour: continuing education credit awarded by Accredited Providers,
Approved Providers or Individual Activity Applicants
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Pharmacotherapy is that area of practice that is responsible for ensuring the safe,
appropriate, and economical use of drugs in patient care.
Content eligible for meeting criteria for pharmacotherapeutic credit includes:
1. Overview of the disease or disease process for which medication therapy is required (context
for appropriate medication therapy)
2. Scientific rationale or evidence-base of the use of medication therapy for a disease or disease
process
3. All content related to prescribing/recommending safe and appropriate use of medication
therapy, including cost-effectiveness
4. All content related to the safe administration of medication therapy, including but not
limited to dosage, route, frequency, delivery devices, administration devices and similar
5. All content related to monitoring of medication therapy
6. All content related to possible side effects and/or adverse effects of medication therapy
7. All content related to special considerations related to medication therapy
8. All content related to adjunct therapy that may be used in conjunction with medication
therapy
Montana Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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Upcoming Activities Open For Registration
August 19, 2014 – Darkness to Light Workshop
September 18, 2014 – Webinar – Critical Thinking and Clinical Judgment
September through December – Webinar series for nurse planners
October 1-3, 2014 – MNA Annual Convention – Theme: Nurses: Key Partners on the Healthcare Team
October 23, 2014 – Webinar – End of Life Choices and Challenges
November 13, 2014 – Webinar – Moral Distress and Ethical Dilemmas
November 18, 2014 – Darkness to Light Workshop (repeat of 8/19/14 session)
Contact Information
Pam Dickerson, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, Director of Continuing Education
pam@mtnurses.org
1-406-465-9126
Kathy Schaefer, CE Specialist
kathy@mtnurses.org
1-406-442-6710
Montana Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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Documenting Evidence of Effectiveness in Your Approved Provider Unit
Fall 2014 Webinar Series
The Ohio Nurses Association and the Montana Nurses Association are pleased to announce a new
webinar series for nurse planners: “Documenting Evidence of Effectiveness in your Approved Provider
Unit”. There will be four modules in the series, each offered twice for your convenience in scheduling.
The purpose of these webinars is to increase the ability of approved provider unit primary nurse planners
in collecting and documenting evidence of their effectiveness in contributing to professional development
of registered nurses.
Faculty for the sessions will include:
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Zandra Ohri, MA, MS, RN, Director of Continuing Education, Ohio Nurses Association
Pam Dickerson, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, Director of Continuing Education, Montana Nurses
Association
Terry Pope, MS, RN, Executive Director, Mid-Ohio District Nurses Association and Chair, ONA
Continuing Education Approver Council
Specific Session dates (all 2014), titles, and objectives are:
Session 1: Tuesday, Sept. 9 @ 10 am EDT / repeat Wednesday, Sept. 10 @ 3 pm EDT – Organizational
Overview – Providing The Evidence
Objective: Identify evidence to support the structure, resources, goals, and outcome measures for
your provider unit.
Session 2: Monday, Oct. 6 @ 10 am EDT / repeat Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ 3 pm EDT – Structural Capacity –
Providing The Evidence
Objective: Identify evidence to validate the structural capacity of your approved provider unit to
implement its work.
Session 3: Monday, Nov. 3 @ 10 am EST / repeat Tuesday, Nov. 4 @ 3 pm EST – Educational Design –
Providing The Evidence
Objective: Identify evidence of use of educational design principles in planning, implementing,
and evaluating quality continuing nursing education activities.
Session 4: Tuesday, Dec. 9 @ 10 am EST / repeat Wednesday, Dec. 10 @ 3 pm EST – Quality Outcomes
– Providing the Evidence
Objective: Identify evidence of quality outcomes of continuing education activities that support
nursing professional development and improved patient care/nursing practice.
Registration Fee: $60/person. Registration includes live access to the entire 4-part series plus a
recording of each session. If you can’t attend a live session, you will receive a recording via email the
following day. This change helps us keep our costs low and saves you time. You are assured of either
“live” participation in each webinar or receipt of the taped version – contact hours are available for either.
Montana Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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REGISTRATION FOR EACH SESSION IS LIMITED TO 100 PARTICIPANTS. Registration fills
up fast, so be sure to register early. Remember: if you can’t attend a live session, your registration fee
includes a recording of each session.
To register: Go to www.ohnurses.org, Events
OR go to the direct link: https://onawp.memexonline.com/events/documenting-evidence-of-effectivenessin-your-approved-provider-unit/
1.08 contact hours, including evaluation, will be awarded per session.
The Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91) is an accredited provider of continuing nursing education by
the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Montana Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.