Contact Hour Process 3 | VUMC ANCC Accredited Provider Unit

Eligibility for Contact Hours

Activities are eligible to provide ANCC NCPD contact hours when the activity is designed to address a gap in knowledge, skill, and/or practice for the professional registered nurse. Content must be based on the best-available evidence and planned independently from the influence of an ineligible company.*

*An ineligible company is defined as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Click here for examples.

COLLABORATIVE PLANNING PROCESS:

The nurse planner will request a time to meet with you to review your identified gap in nursing practice to ensure educational design process criteria are met.

Ahead of your initial meeting, be prepared to discuss:

The gap/opportunity for improvement as it relates to nursing (current and desired state)
The underlying educational need (knowledge, skill, and/or practice)
The desired measurable outcome for learners—what is the learner expected to know, show how, or do as a direct result of participating in this activity

Following the initial meeting with your nurse planner, you will be required to provide:

A list of names/contact information for anyone involved in the planning of the activity.
A completed planning table—provided to you by the nurse planner (includes a content outline, presenter names/credentials, duration of time for presentation(s), learner engagement strategies, and evidence-based references)
An agenda (if the activity is >3 hours in length)
Details surrounding financial or in-kind support for your activity (if applicable)