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PAMELA S. DICKERSON, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN
STEPHANIE CLUBBS, MSN, RN-BC. CNS
Being A Nurse Planner: What Does It Mean?
Part I: Overview of the Role
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Disclosures
Purpose/Outcome: Participants will effectively function as nurse planners in approved provider units.
Criteria for Successful Completion: Participate in the entire webinar. Complete the evaluation and registration information and return to ONA as directed.
Conflict of Interest: There is no conflict of interest for any planner or presenter for this activity.
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Overview of the Series
Part I: Roles, responsibilities, accountability The approved provider unit The National accreditation system
Part II: Planning learning activities
Part III: Dealing with challenging situations Learning activities in context with the provider unit
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Session 1 Objectives
Describe the role of the nurse planner within the accreditation system of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Identify resources available to support the nurse planner.
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Your Experience
What is your length of experience as a nurse planner?
Less than one year1-3 years3-8 yearsMore than 8 years
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Your Comfort Level
How comfortable do you feel in your nurse planner role?
Not at allSomewhatVery
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Areas of Discomfort
If you answered somewhat or not at all for the previous question, what is your major area of discomfort?
Leading a planning committeeKnowing what to documentKnowing what forms to useContributing to provider unit evaluation
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Your Provider Unit
How many nurse planners are there in your provider unit?
I’m it!2-56-1011 or more
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Definition of Terms
Nurse Planner – RN with BSN accountable for planning, implementation, & evaluation of Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) activities
Primary Nurse Planner – RN with BSN accountable for provider unit operations and liaison with accredited approver
Approved Provider Unit – the part of the organization that carries out the delivery of quality CNE
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Qualifications
To be a nurse planner in an approved provider unit, you must:
Have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in nursing
Have a current unencumbered license as a registered nurse
Helpful: Have some experience in adult education and knowledge of the teaching/learning process
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Roles
Active involvement in all aspects of planning, implementation, and evaluation of a continuing nursing education activity.
Responsible for ensuring that appropriate educational design principles are used and processes are consistent with the requirements of the ANCC Accreditation Program.
Participate with primary nurse planner in assessing and evaluating the overall effectiveness of the provider unit.
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Accountability
The nurse planner is accountable to the primary nurse planner
The primary nurse planner is accountable to the nurse peer review leader of the accredited approver unit
Ultimate accountability is to the learner – to deliver quality learning activities that will enhance quality patient care and the professional development of the nurse
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Nursing Professional DevelopmentScope and Standards of Practice
Published collaboratively by the Association for Nurses in Professional Development (formerly NNSDO) and the American Nurses Association
Updated in 2010
Articulate responsibilities of nurses working in the professional development role: standards of practice and standards of professional performance
Foundational document for accreditation program criteria
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The Approved Provider Unit
Designated by an Accredited Approver Unit when the organization is able to demonstrate processes to ensure continual adherence to accreditation program standards.
Approved for 3 years
Able to plan, implement, and evaluate own educational activities and award contact hours in accordance with accreditation program criteria and guidelines
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Structure of the System: ANCC
Accreditation
Accredited Providers Accredited Approvers
Approve
Approved Providers
Educational Activities
Contact Hours
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The Value of CNE in the Accreditation System
Criteria are evidence-based
Qualified leaders guide the process
Education is based on best available evidence and presented with integrity
Focus is on outcomes
http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Accreditation/ResourcesServices/Accreditation-WhitePaper2012.pdf
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Accreditation Conceptual Framework
Nursing Professional Developmen
t: Continuing
Nursing Education
Educational Design Process• Assessment of Learning Needs • Planning and Faculty• Design Principles • Achievement of Objectives
Educational Design Process• Assessment of Learning Needs • Planning and Faculty• Design Principles • Achievement of Objectives
Quality Outcomes• Evaluation Process• Evaluation Participation• Goals for Improvement• Value/Benefit to Nursing Professional Development
Quality Outcomes• Evaluation Process• Evaluation Participation• Goals for Improvement• Value/Benefit to Nursing Professional Development
Structural Capacity
• Commitment• Accountability• Leadership• Resources
Structural Capacity
• Commitment• Accountability• Leadership• Resources
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Criteria
Structural Capacity – addressed by primary nurse planner
Educational Design Process - ** - key accountability of nurse planner – focus of our second webinar
Quality Outcomes – addressed by the provider unit, looking at aggregate data
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The Purpose of CNE
Improve quality of patient care
Enhance the professional development of nurse learners
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The Definition of CNE
Learning activities designed to build on educational and experiential bases of the nurse for the enhancement of practice, education, administration, research, or theory development, to the end of improving the health of the public.
Contact hours may be awarded for any activities developed under the Accreditation Program criteria that meet this definition.
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Roles of the Nurse Planner
Consultant/Facilitator Need to use skills of teamwork, leadership,
communication Should be the expert in CE knowledge, criteria, and
process Should lead the CE process for the planning committee
How much will you need to be involved? Does the team need help with determining actual needs, planning for those needs, evaluating effectiveness and meeting outcomes?
May Also Function as Educator/Content Expert Should be expert in content/practice area Content Expert vs Content Reviewer
Will cover in more detail in Session 2
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Roles of the Nurse Planner
Collaboration with PNP R/T Overall PU Functions For PU goals, processes, and outcomes
Four parts of PU application Organizational Overview Structural Capacity Educational Design Process Quality Outcomes
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Collaboration with PNP
PNP needs to provide specific examples of how criterion are implemented in your PU Be aware of criteria and provide examples from your
activitiesOrganizational Overview
What are your PU goals? What are your PU outcomes? Related to your PU?
Related to Nursing Professional Development? How do you measure them? What kind of data do you need from your activities?
PNP will document these, but NP needs to help provide data, and plan and provide educational activities to help achieve these goals and outcomes
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Collaboration with PNP
Structural Capacity How PNP supports/advocates for learners, NPs,
resourcesEducational Design Process
How NPs carry out assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of educational activities in accordance with adult learning principles, professional education standards, and ethics
Processes are divided into 13 criteria that should describe, in clear detail, your processes for addressing each criteria Paint a picture of what you do
Provide one specific example of how you implemented the process for each of the 13 criteria NPs can provide specifics R/T one educational activity you
planned
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Collaboration with PNP
Quality Outcomes Relates to overall evaluation of PU, not individual
activities How did your PU meet it’s goals/outcomes (identified
in organizational overview)? Do you have what you need to achieve this? What activities were related to your outcomes?
Who are stakeholders that need to be involved in your overall evaluation process? Learners, NPs, faculty Others? – administration, other external interested parties How do they help add value to your PU?
How does your PU enhance nursing professional development? What activities supported this outcome?
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Focusing on Outcomes
Benefits of Quality CE Show value to your organization
How do you contribute to strategic initiatives? Are you valuable to your organization? How do you show it?
Make a difference in practice or professional development How do you help affect patient quality or outcomes?
Enhances nurses’ ability to provide quality care Do you help with recruitment & retention? Are nurses confident, and can they function as leaders in
their professional practice? Is their practice (and your education) evidence-based?
Time well spent Personal satisfaction
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Resources for Nurse Planners
ONA Provider Manual / MNA Provider Information
ONA website / MNA website PU forms, sample resources and tools, PU newsletters
Various educational activities Webinars, independent studies Classes – Provider Updates, Staff Development
ConferencePrimary NP orientation of new NP
Assign a mentor? Follow-up?Nurse Peer Review Leader of Approver Unit
Zandra Ohri – Ohio; Pam Dickerson - Montana Council members
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Resources for Nurse Planners
Other Educators Within your organization? Association for Nursing Professional Development
(ANPD) Local Affiliates
Journals Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, Journal of
Continuing Education in Nursing, etc
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Your Comfort Level
Has your comfort level improved?How comfortable do you feel in your nurse
planner role?
Not at allSomewhatVery
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References and Resources
ONA Provider Manual / MNA Provider Information
ONA web site: www.ohnurses.orgMNA web site: www.mtnurses.org
American Nurses Association (2010). Nursing Professional Development Scope and Standards of Practice. Silver Spring, MD. Author.
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Thank You
Questions?
Contact information: Ohio Nurses Association: Zandra Ohri, MA, MS, RN [email protected] 614-448-1027
Montana Nurses Association Pam Dickerson, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN [email protected] 406-465-9126
