Approved Provider Unit Information
If your organization presents 15 or more CE activities every 3 years, you may be eligible to become an Approved Provider Unit. An approved provider unit has the authority to plan, implement, and evaluate its own continuing education activities during the three-year period of provider unit approval.
Who Can Be A Provider Unit?
In order to be eligible, your organization must:
- Have a clearly defined unit or department administratively and operationally responsible for continuing nursing education.
- Have Nurse Planner(s) who meet(s) qualifications
- Minimum of BSN
- Have an active RN license
- Knowledge of adult learning, ANCC Accreditation criteria, and state rules.
- During that time, at least three separate activities must have been planned, approved by ONA, implemented, and evaluated with direct involvement of a qualified nurse planner. Jointly provided activities are not acceptable.
- Target Audience:
- If your provider unit is based in Ohio, more than 50% of your target audience is nurses within the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
- If your provider unit is based outside of Ohio, more than 50% of your target audience is nurses within the geographic range of your provider unit. Check out the hhs regions map for the identification of your region plus the states contiguous to your region.
- Not be a commercial entity that produces, markets, re-sells or distributes a product used on or by patients.
Intent to Apply or Re-apply as a Provider Unit
Please use this form to indicate your intent to apply (or re-apply) as a provider unit for continuing nursing education through the Ohio Nurses Association. This will enable us to verify your eligibility. Once you receive confirmation that you are eligible to apply as a provider unit, you may submit your provider application.
Intent to Apply/Re-apply as an Approved Provider
Provider Manual
Ohio Nurses Association Approved Provider Manual 12.4.2019
Forms for all Provider Units
Provider Application – Updated 9.26.19
Approved Provider Activity Planning Template A
Approved Provider Activity Activity Planning Template B
Primary Nurse Planner /Nurse Planner Position Description
Conflict of Interest Decision Tree
ANCC Content Integrity Standards
Guidelines for Pharmacotherapeutic hours for APRNs
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(chair) Barb Brunt, MA, MN, RN-BC, NE-BC
Tahnee Andrew, MSN, RN
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Susan Copeland, MS, RN, BC
Melanie Morris, MBA, BSN, RN-BC, CCRN-K
Diane Moyer, MS, BSN, RN
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