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Wisconsin Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The essential purpose of the ANCC-COA Accreditation Program is to ensure that quality continuing nursing education activities are provided to nurses. Using criteria developed by the ANCC-COA, the Wisconsin Nurses Association Continuing Education Approval Program (WNA CEAP) Committee reviews continuing nursing education activity and approved provider applications.
An educational activity is a planned, organized effort, either presenter-directed or learner-paced, aimed at accomplishing educational objectives. Contact hours awarded are based on the time allocated for the activity. Approval for an educational activity is granted for two years. The activity can be repeated multiple times within this two year approval period as long as the content of the activity does not change. If the content changes, a new application must be completed.
Please see the educational activity application for instructions on how to apply for individual activity approval and current application review fees. To download the 2009 WNA CEAP Individual Activity Application, please click on the "Applications" link below.
An approved provider is an individual, institution, organization, or agency responsible for the development, implementation, evaluation, financing, record keeping, and quality of continuing nursing education activities. Provider status is recognition of an organization's capacity to award contact hours for continuing education activities, planned, implemented, and evaluated by the provider. The provider may offer an unlimited number of educational activities during the period of approval (three years). Providers can only provide activities in which a provider unit nurse planner assumes an active role in the entire process, from planning through evaluation.
Please see the approved provider application for instructions on how to apply to become an approved provider of continuing nursing education and current application review fees. To download the 2009 WNA CEAP Approved Provider Application, please click on the "Applications" link o below.
Questions? Please contact Megan at the WNA office (608-221-0383, ext.14; 800-362-3959, ext. 14; or megan@wisconsinnurses.org).
2009 WNA CEAP Continuing Education Applications and Forms:
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