The American Nurses Association Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

ANA’s CNE activities do not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

New from American Nurse Today Journal

Overcoming Obstacles to Vaccination

This continuing education module, featured in the October issue of American Nurse Today, will provide registered nurses with information to help them administer vaccines safely and educate the public about vaccines.

The CE offers 1.6 contact hours - 1.0 Pharmacology Credits

Read the article and take the post-test

Contact Hour Credit Changes to 60 minutes = 1 CH

The American Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. As required by new ANCC criteria, on January 1, 2007, as of January 1, 2007, ANA will provide 60-minute contact hours and will no longer provide 50-minute contact-hour credit for continuing nursing education. According to ANCC, “This change brings greater consistency with the accreditation processes of other disciplines and increases the understanding and intuitiveness of the awarding of contact hours.” To estimate the number of contact hours for an educational activity, total the minutes of didactic or clinical experience and evaluating the activity and divide by 60. For example, 60 minutes=1 CH, 150 minutes=2.5 CH, etc.

If you need information about re-certification or re-licensure CH requirements, please contact your certification board or state board of nursing. For questions about ANA’s change to a 60-minute contact hour, please e-mail valerie.restifo@ana.org.

Check back often for the latest in online continuing education. Or sign up for our updates e-mail list to be notified of new course offerings.

Free CE For ANA Members

ANA members can now get a wide selection of our continuing education modules FREE ALL THE TIME in the Members Only section of NursingWorld.org. All membership categories can take advantage of this ANA membership benefit.

• If you are already an ANA member, Login to Members Only and click on the "Free CE link on the left side menu.
• If you are not an ANA member, Learn more about Membership Options Now