Professional Development Committee 2027-ANCC Overview Slide Deck

ANCC Overview Slide Deck

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The document explains AANA’s role as an ANCC-accredited provider of continuing education (CE) for nurses. ANCC, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association, certifies nursing professionals and accredits CE providers. AANA was re-accredited in late 2023 and is currently in an accreditation cycle running from November 27, 2023, through March 31, 2028.<br /><br />It outlines key roles and terms within AANA’s Provider Unit, including the Accredited Provider Program Director, nurse planners, and professional development staff. The Program Director role is currently part of the responsibilities of AANA’s Senior Director of Education and Professional Development.<br /><br />The document also summarizes ANCC’s framework for evaluating accredited providers: Structural Capacity, Educational Design Process, and Quality Outcomes. It highlights five standards for integrity and independence in accredited continuing education:<br />1. Ensuring content is valid<br />2. Preventing commercial bias<br />3. Identifying, mitigating, and disclosing financial relationships<br />4. Managing commercial support appropriately<br />5. Managing ancillary activities when nonaccredited education or marketing is involved<br /><br />To maintain compliance, AANA uses conflict-of-interest resolution processes, may remove conflicted individuals from activities, and may withhold CE credit if needed. Commercial support is allowed only if it does not influence planning, content, implementation, or evaluation, and must be disclosed to learners.<br /><br />Finally, the document describes content auditing, where a Professional Development Committee member observes CE sessions to confirm learning outcomes are met, content is evidence-based, disclosures are properly stated, no commercial bias exists, and the full CE hour is delivered.

Keywords

AANA

ANCC accreditation

continuing education

nursing professionals

accredited provider

provider unit

conflict of interest

commercial support

educational design process

content auditing