SCNA OFFERS ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION
SCNA has partnered with The CE Solutions Group to provide online continuing education.
As an association member, you will receive an additional 10% off the already low fee of $29.95 per year.
Here’s how it works:
1. Click on the Link below to go to the YourNurse CE Web site.
2. Click on “Sign-up Now” in the upper left hand corner,
3. Fill in the registration information, and click “Next,”
4. Fill in the SCNA Member coupon code. Request the code via e-mail from info@scnurses.org
5. Finish by putting in your credit card information.
6. Go to “Courses” and choose from over 130 courses available.
It’s that easy! Obtaining your nursing continuing education has never been easier. When you’re finished taking a course, simply print out your certificate for your records.
Note that a few courses are book-based and require you to purchase a book, which is not included in the annual membership price; however, oftentimes these books can be purchased at Amazon or Barnes & Noble online for only a few dollars or are available through the CE Solutions Group.
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Continuing Nursing Education Requirements
Many nurses look for approved SCNA/ANCC contact hours when making educational activity decisions. Because SCNA is ANCC/COA accredited, its approval is recognized by all other state nurses associations and most state boards of nursing. Nurses licensed in other states are advised to check on that state’s specific requirements regarding reciprocity.
Nurses in South Carolina may demonstrate Continuing Competence through continuing nursing education. For Competency Options see the South Carolina Board of Nursing Competency Requirements.
The APPROVER process is available to groups outside of SCNA for their Continuing Nursing Education Activities. There are two options available for approved Continuing Nursing Education: 1. Individual Educational Activity (uses the 2009 Individual Activity CE Manual) and 2. Approved Provider Status (uses the 2009 Provider Manual). If you are an SCNA Approver Provider do not use the Individual Educational Activity Forms for providing reports.
1. Individual Educational Activity
Approval of an educational activity ensures participants that the activity/program meets professional standards for continuing nursing education.
Prior to planning, implementing, and evaluating a learning activity or if you are deciding whether to pursue Approved Provider status, you can contact the SCNA Continuing Education Approver Committee (CEAC) to help you. If you are planning an educational activity, you can apply for nursing contact hours, six weeks in advance of the event. Complete the application, submit three copies to SCNA CEAC with review fee payment, and then satisfy any criteria the reviewers cite during the review process. Your activity will be approved for two years and can be delivered as often as you like to as many learners as possible as long as the program content and faculty do not change.
Individual Educational Activity Application Material
Submission Requirements: In order to provide adequate time for review, applications must be submitted 4-6 weeks prior to the event. Retroactive approval is never granted. Submit three copies of the complete application including all attachments. Each copy needs to be collated and bound. For more details read Chapter 2 of the SCNA CEAC 2009 Individual Activity CE Manual.
SCNA CEAC 2009 Individual Activity CE Manual in PDF format includes CEAC Meeting Dates and Fee Schedule --Applications will not be accepted without review fee. If you require an invoice contact the SCNA Office
Individual Education Activity Application Forms in Word format
Required Summary Evaluation Form once program has been offered
Recent Information from ANCC--Must Read
2. Approved Provider Status
If you are planning many educational activities during the next three years then consider the Approved Provider process. Once you are approved to function as an Approved Provider, you can deliver as many activities as you like to as many learners as possible for the three year approval period.
NOTE: If you are new to the process, applicants are required to apply for approval of three individual learning activities prior to application for Approved Provider Status (see Individual Educational Activity above).
Feel free to take a look at the Approved Provider application before you embark upon this process.
Please note that the review fee is $1000.00 for a 3 year period with an additional $100.00 annual fee.
Three-Year Provider Status Application Material
Submission Requirements: In order to provide adequate time for review, applications must be submitted 4-6 weeks prior to the event. If you are a current provider, be sure your application is submitted at least 3 months before the end of your current provider period. This will allow adequate time for the CEAC to review your application and any additional materials that may be required.
Retroactive approval is never granted. Submit three copies of the complete application including all attachments. Each copy needs to be collated and bound. For further details read Chapter 2 of the SCNA CEAC 2009 Provider Manual.
SCNA CEAC 2009 Provider Manual in PDF format includes CEAC Meeting Dates and Fee Schedule --Applications will not be accepted without review fee. If you require an invoice contact the SCNA Office
Provider Application Forms includes Planning Documentation Forms in Word format
Provider Unit Annual Report Form
Recent Information from ANCC--Must Read
Supplemental Documents to help in preparation of applications:
Sample Evaluation Form you may use any form that you choose if it contains all of the elements found in the sample form provided.
Sample Individual Activity Certificate the information on this sample certificate is exactly what needs to be on every certificate issued to a participant in your CNE programs.
Sample Provider Certificate the information on this sample certificate is exactly what needs to be on every certificate issued to a participant in your CNE programs.
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The South Carolina Nurses Association is an approved PROVIDER of continuing nursing education by the Vermont State Nurses' Association, Inc., an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.
The PROVIDER process is available only to SCNA chapters, committees, and commissions.
To see the events that SCNA will be awarding Continuing Nursing Education contact hours see the Workshops, Seminars & Convention portion of our website.
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