By the Numbers
Three terms: ANCC Contact Hours, ANCC CNE Credit, or ANCC NCPD Contact Hours
What terminology must be used when referring to contact hours in accredited education?
These are known and provided to guide the development of learning outcomes and ensure relevance for the target audience
What are established professional competencies?
The new Course ID Code Request form and usage of the updated accreditation criteria
What must be used for all new or recurring activities occurring in 2026 and beyond?
Education must be separated in space and/or time from marketing, exhibits, and nonaccredited education
How must ancillary activities be managed in conjunction with accredited education?
This document must be submitted for every person with the ability to control clinical content
What is the Financial Relationship Disclosure Form?
The adoption of the ANA manual as the primary guide for nurse planner work
What is the first new policy?
A detailed agenda specifying time allocations
What is required for activities longer than 3 hours?
They define what learners should know or be able to do, allowing planners to create measurable and targeted outcomes
What are competencies?
Title, date, provider name/address (website), number of contact hours, accreditation statement, and space for participant name
What must be included on every certificate of completion for an accredited activity?
By space and/or time, with no marketing in the educational space within 30 minutes before or after the activity
How must marketing by ineligible companies be separated from accredited education?
This document must be submitted that reveals the criteria for awarding contact hours, relevant financial relationships, and accreditation statement
What are disclosures to learners?
To guide and inspire the nursing profession by delivering expertly designed, evidence-based continuing professional development to foster excellence in nursing practice
What is a summary of the ANA Accredited Provider’s mission statement?
At least once every 3 years, or more frequently if needed
How often must enduring materials be reviewed for accuracy and relevance?
The name of the competency, its source (e.g., ANA Scope and Standards), and how it connects to the learning need
What should be documented to show alignment between competencies and the educational activity?
The need to identify a content expert on the planning committee
What documentation requirement was removed from the planning form to reduce redundancy?
Evidence that accredited education is separated in space and/or time from marketing or nonaccredited education
What must be documented if an activity includes ancillary sessions or exhibits from ineligible companies?
This document must be submitted that shows a space for the participant’s name, title of activity, number of ANCC Contact hours, date, and the accreditation statement
What is the certificate of completion?
Accredited Provider Unit (APU)
What term is no longer used when referring to the program that provides accredited education?
The mathematical calculation used to determine the number of contact hours
What is no longer required for activity documentation?
Documents like the ANA Scope and Standards or ANCC Leadership Scope and Standards
What are resources for finding competencies?
It tracks all offerings and summative evaluations for multiple offerings of workshop
What is the recurring spreadsheet for activity documentation?
Explicit consent from the learner
What must be obtained before sharing learner contact information with an ineligible sponsor?
This is no longer required to be submitted with activity files even if not excluded due to the ANCC firewall
What is the content of the accredited education activity?
ANA Accredited Provider
What new term that refers to the program that accredits educational activity for the ANA?
Number of nurses participating and completion rates of educational offerings
What must be provided in the summative evaluation?
The established professional competency and the source that developed it
What must be included in the planning form to demonstrate alignment with professional standards?
Start date of enduring/prework and date(s) of live portion
What must be included for blended activities in the planning form?
They must be involved in all decisions related to sponsorship/marketing of or if surrounding accredited education
Who is the nurse planner?
Emails, nursingworld.org page, and/or registration page of accredited activities
What are the marketing materials that are no longer required to be submitted for your activity files?
They must use accurate terminology and include the accreditation statement whenever space allows
What is policy on marketing materials that mention ANCC contact hours?