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 the majority (>50%) of the CNE activities to registered nurses in a single HHs region and its contiguous states (based on the HHS region) Click here for the hhs regions map for the identification of your region plus the states contiguous to your region.
- Not be an ineligible company whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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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. If you are a new applicant, a fee of $100 is due with your intent to apply. Once you receive confirmation that you are eligible to apply as a provider unit, you may submit your provider application.
Provider Manual
Ohio Nurses Association Approved Provider Manual 8.2021
Forms and Resources
Provider-Application 12.15.2021 update EDP4
ANCC NCPD Approved Providers Writing Guide FINAL v.1.0 11.2.2021
Primary-Nurse Planner positions 10.15.2021
Approved Provider Clinical Activity Template 8.2021 v.1
Approved Provider Non-Clinical Activity Document Template 8.2021 v.1
Standards for Integrity Independence Crosswalk 8.2021 v.1
ONA Financial Disclosure Form 8.2021 v.1
ONA Mitigation Worksheet 8.2021 v.1
Relevant Financial Relationship Workbook
Standards for Integrity and Independence
Guidelines for Pharmacotherapeutic hours for APRNs
Commercial Support Agreement 1.13.2022
Forms and Resources Retiring 6/30/2022
2019-Ohio-Nurses-Association-Approved-Provider-Manual-12.4.2019
Provider-Application Updated 6.22.2020
Approved Provider Activity Planning Template A
Approved-Provider-Activity-Planning-Template-B
CONTINUING EDUCATION COUNCIL
Roster 2021-2023
(co-chair) BARB BRUNT, MA, MN, RN, NPDA-BC, NE-BC
(co-Chair) MELANIE MORRIS, MBA, BSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN-K
LUCINDA CAVE, MSN RN NPD-BC
STEPHANIE CLUBBS, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, APRN-CNS
KRISTINE COPE, DNP, RN , NPD-BC
JACQUELINE GIERLACH, MS, BSN, RN, CDDN
AMY KNUPP, PhD, RN,APRN-CNS, CPPS
KAYLA PFEIFFER, MSN, CPN, RN
LAURA RAFELD, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
DEB SHIELDS, PhD, RN, CCRN, QTTT
SUE SMITH,MSN, RN, CCHP-RN
PAM DICKERSON, PhD, RN, NPDA-BC®, FAAN (Liaison ANCC)
NANCY CAMPBELL, MS, RN, MEDSURG-BC, NPD-BC (Liaison for Indiana)
Provider Principles is an education offering for all members of an approved provider unit.
Register for Provider Principles
Watch this video to learn how to register