Approval Unit Criteria Checklist

The following ANCC criteria must be met for an application to be approved for contact hours. Because the online application requires that certain items must be completed for the applicant to proceed, the application acts as a checklist. All items must be completed correctly, and the following ANCC criteria must be met:

Title of Program is accurate throughout application Planning Committee

Planning Committee Member #1 identified

Planning Committee Member #2 identified

At least one BSN identified

States how need was identified

Identifies target audience

Planner/ Speaker Biographical Data: Succinct and relevant bio information included?

Planning expertise for planners and appropriate content expertise for presenters

Indicates that presenters/planning committee have declared conflicts of interest

Identifies how learners will be informed of conflicts of interest

Commercial Support: Identifies if activity has commercial support or not

Identifies how learners will be informed about commercial support

Agrees that Commercial Support doesn’t influence the objectives/ content

Has submitted a completed Written Agreement of Commercial Support

The purpose/goal statement Should be a one or two sentence description about how this activity will enrich

the nurse's contributions to quality health care or describe what you hope the

outcome of the activity will be.

The purpose/goal should not be a rewritten version of the program objectives.

Activity Documentation (Contact hours are automatically calculated by the

application)

Objectives expressed in measurable/behavioral terms

Objectives expressed in singular terms, ONE action/outcome

Objectives define expected learner-oriented outcomes

Objectives correspond with the purpose/goal

Objectives have sufficient corresponding content

Objectives have appropriate time frame

Objectives have appropriate teaching strategies

Content that describes the nurse’s role must be delivered by a nurse as speaker

and can’t be delivered by a non-nurse.

Contact Hours for Independent Study A description of how the effectiveness of the independent study was evaluated,

the results of the evaluation, and the changes made based on the evaluation.

Method for calculating the contact hours is described

Supportive documentation on the rationale used to determine the number of

contact hours to be awarded

Program materials provided for review

Program Evaluation Methods of Evaluation (the application automatically will create and evaluation

form)

For activities that are intended to be offered on an ongoing basis, identify how

the evaluation data will be used.

Describe how learners will be provided feedback.

Participation Method for identifying participation

Method for identifying successful program completion

Method(s) to be used to inform learners of criteria for successful completion are

identified.

Promotional Materials Copy of Promo materials included? CORRECT ANCC statement?

Includes address of physical facility – LIVE pres.

Post Activity Reporting

Responsibilities are agreed to.