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Continuing
Education Philosophy
The Indiana State Nurses Association is the voluntary professional
association for registered nurses in this State. Membership is an individual
responsibility and reflects a commitment to a belief that:
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Nursing is a humanistic, socially essential service
which is instrumental in providing quality health care to all
people; |
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The Association can contribute to the provision of
quality nursing care by facilitating professional growth; |
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Registered nurses benefit from an Association which
promotes the individual's social, educational, political, and
economic development and/or advancement; |
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The promotion of professional growth through a
variety of Association activities is important to facilitate the
advancement of nursing as a profession; |
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Nurse participation in ISNA approved continuing
nursing education benefits the individual and the recipient of care. |
Philosophy, Purpose, And Goals
For Approver Unit
Philosophy
The Committee on Approval is an integral part of the Indiana State Nurses
Association and, as such, adheres to the philosophy of the Indiana State
Nurses Association about the profession, the nature of nursing, and the
importance of quality continuing education for nurses. In addition, the
Committee adheres to the American Nurses Association definition of nursing
from the Nursing Policy Statement: "Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment
of human responses to actual or potential health problems."
Today's contemporary world is in an unrelenting, constant process of change.
To respond effectively to the demands of change, the nursing profession
believes that learning needs to be a continuous process throughout the
lifespan. Learning is individual and diversified for each person. As such,
the professional organization must recognize and respond to a commitment to
registered nurses as unique persons, as individual learners, and as
citizens.
Individual nurses are responsible for their own learning and should
participate in the identification of their own learning needs to meet these
identified needs. Providers of continuing nursing education must have a
commitment to involve learners in the learning process from the initial
stages of planning through the evaluation of organized learning experiences.
Continuing nursing education should be provided in a well-planned, organized
educational environment. Strong support and leadership is expected from all
groups providing continuing education. Continuing nursing education should
assist individual practitioners in the continued acquisition of knowledge,
the extension of professional responsibilities, the expansion of
interpersonal skills, and the improvement of problem solving approaches to
professional practice.
Continuing nursing education should serve as a viable means of improving the
professional competence of the practitioner with the outcome of improved
health care. Continuing nursing education also should include such important
concerns as: the realization of the health potential of each individual, the
quality of life, and the understanding of the current health problems of
modern society.
Through its role as an approval body for continuing nursing education, the
Indiana State Nurses Association should promote quality continuing nursing
education for its membership as well as for the profession. This assurance
of quality is needed to provide the citizens of Indiana with nursing
practitioners who are accountable for developing, implementing and
maintaining standards of nursing practice.
Purpose
The purpose of the approver unit is to provide for a system of peer review
of continuing education events by applying the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s Commission on Accreditation approved criteria for continuing
education activities and providers and to provide for maintenance of records
regarding the system of peer review.
Goals
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Provide a system of approval of continuing nursing
education in the State of Indiana for activities and for providers. |
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Maintain American Nurses Credentialing Center
accreditation as an approver of continuing nursing education. |
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Publish a calendar of ISNA approved continuing
education events. |
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the approval unit's
activities. |
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Assess the need, availability, and accessibility of
quality continuing education opportunities for nurses. |
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Utilize the American Nurses Association's Scope and
Standards of Practice for Nursing Professional Development as a
means for assuring the quality of continuing nursing education. |
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Maintain a mechanism for identification and
resolution of problems and issues related to continuing education in
nursing. |
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Maintain appropriate communication with membership of
state regulatory agencies who have an impact on continuing education
in nursing. |
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Maintain contact with providers and inform them of
ANCC updates. |
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Conduct inter-rater reliability evaluation at least
biennially. |
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Utilize evaluation data to improve the approval
process. |
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Provide orientation session for new members of the
ISNA Committee on Approval each year. |
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