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Provider Newsletter: August, 2014
Director of ANCC Accreditation Program to
Highlight MNA Convention
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! She will be participating in
the MNA Convention from Wednesday, October 1, through Friday, October 3. Her sessions were
described in last month’s newsletter. In addition to the learning experience, this is your opportunity to
meet, learn from, and share with the person who guides the entire nursing professional development
accreditation program. It’s a unique opportunity, and we encourage you to take advantage of it.
The theme of this year’s convention is “empowering nurses as key players on the healthcare team”.
Sessions will include best practices from a number of organizations around this theme. Registration is
currently available on the MNA web site (https://mtnurses.wufoo.com/forms/m1xmcve10n3vlvb/)
We look forward to seeing you there!
Fall Webinar Series for Nurse Planners
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
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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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.
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. PLEASE REGISTER AT LEAST ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED
WEBINAR to ensure receipt of your log-in information and materials.
To register: Go to www.ohnurses.org, Events
OR go to the direct link: https://onawp.memexonline.com/events/documenting-evidence-ofeffectiveness-in-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.
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Change from Co-Provider to Joint Provider
Language
As we discussed at the May provider updates, ANCC is changing terminology for the learning activities
that two or more organizations plan and implement together. Historically, we have called these “coprovided” activities, and our colleagues in medicine have used the term “co-sponsored”. This has caused
a great deal of confusion. Effective immediately, you may begin using the new term “joint providers” to
acknowledge the groups who are working with you in designing and implementing a learning activity.
Modification on the term are acceptable: “jointly provided by…”, for example, would be fine. We have
changed the template on the MNA web site to reflect this change. Please look at your own agreement
templates, marketing materials, and any other places where you might need to make changes.
The change may be implemented right way, but must be implemented for all activities no later than
January 1, 2015.
Criteria for a jointly provided activity have not changed. The provider retains accountability for
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determining objectives and content
selecting planners, faculty, and others involved with the educational activity
awarding contact hours
recordkeeping procedures
evaluation methods
managing commercial support and/or sponsorship
In addition:
1. The provider unit’s nurse planner must guide the planning committee
2. A representative of the joint provider organization must be a member of the planning
committee
3. In advertising, the provider’s name must be prominent; joint providers may be listed as well
4. There must be a properly negotiated, signed, and dated agreement in the activity file
demonstrating adherence to the above criteria.
Please contact us if you have questions about this change.
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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Revision to Content Integrity Standards
The ANCC Content Integrity Standards for Industry Support in Continuing Nursing Educational Activities
has been revised to address the use of logos for commercial interest organizations in required disclosure
statements. The information below is provided by the Accreditation Program office:
Excerpt from the ANCC Content Integrity Standards that is revised (Section G, Item 8):
Content of the Educational Activity. Content is the responsibility of the Provider of the educational
activity. All materials used for the educational activity must be free from commercial bias. To guard
against the presence of commercial bias, the Provider is responsible for ensuring the following:
a. Slides, handouts or other materials presented to the learner related to the educational activity do not
display any logos or other trademarks of a Commercial Interest Organization;
b. Live (in-person) educational activities are presented without reference to a Commercial Interest
Organization, except for required disclosure; acknowledgement of commercial support is limited to the
name of the entity providing support
c. Enduring materials do not include logos, trademarks or other insignia of, or references to, a
Commercial Interest Organization, except for required disclosure; acknowledgement of commercial
support is limited to the name of the entity providing support
d. Web-based materials do not include logos, other trademarks or other insignia of, or reference to, a
Commercial Interest Organization, except for required disclosure; acknowledgement of commercial
support is limited to the name of the entity providing support
e. Evaluations of the educational activity make no reference to a Commercial Interest Organization or its
products or services; and
f. Learners are not recruited for any purpose during the activity or evaluation.
The bottom line: logos of commercial interest organization MAY NOT be used at any time for any reason
in relation to your continuing nursing education activities. This change does not apply to any marketing
or educational materials you currently have in print but will apply to any new materials produced after
September 1, 2014, and full compliance with the revised standards is required by January 1, 2015.
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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Additional MNA Upcoming Activities Open For
Registration
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
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.