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NCNA CE Approval Process

The North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) is accredited as an APPROVER of continuing nursing education (CNE) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (ANCC/COA).

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 NCNA Continuing Education Approver Unit (CEAU) to help you.
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Individual Activity
See fee details below and on cover page of application.

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 to NCNA with 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.

Application for
Individual Educational Activity
August 2007 (Most recent form/criteria.)
      Approved Provider Status
Please note that the AP fee is $1,275 for a 3 year period.
If you are planning many educational activities during the next three years and wish to forego approval every time you plan and implement an activity, 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: Completely 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 Activity). Feel free to take a look at the Approved Provider application before you embark upon this process.

Application for
Approved Provider Status
August 2007 (Most recent form/criteria.)


Application Files are in Microsoft Word and are not templates.


Supplemental Documents to help in preparation of applications:

Activity Documentation Form - Sample #1 (Word document)
Activity Documentation Form - Sample #2, Landscape Style (Word document)
Commercial Support Guidelines (Adobe PDF document)
Conflict of Interest Form (Word document)
Co-Providership Agreement (Word document)
Education Process Conceptual Model (Adobe PDF document)
Evaluation Models (Adobe PDF document)
Evaluation Plan Sample
(Word document)
Glossary of Terms (Adobe PDF document)
Guidelines for Writing Instructional Objectives (Adobe PDF document)

Application Fees (New Fee Schedule Posted June 2007)
Individual Activity

1.0 to 4.9 CHs—$100.00
5.0 to 9.9 CHs—$150.00
10.0 to 17.9 CHs—$200.00
18 to 27.9 CHs—$250.00
28 to 37.9 CHs—$300.00
38 to 54.9 CHs—$400.00
55 or more CHs—$500.00

Approved Provider Status

$1,275 for a three year period

$25 fee should be added if Individual Activity is faxed/emailed.
First page of Individual Activity Application has fee details.

Continuing Nursing Education Requirements
Many nurses look for approved NCNA/ANCC contact hours when making educational activity decisions. Because NCNA 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 North Carolina must demonstrate Continuing Competence through self-assessment, development of a learning plan, and selection of a learning activity to satisfy the plan. This rule is effective July 1, 2006 and will be audited beginning with license renewal July 1, 2008.

To assist nurses in maintaining their self-assessment, learning plan, and documentation for completed learning activities, NCNA has partnered with JADE Learning, Inc. to offer an electronic portfolio.
See Continuing Competence Portfolio
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