December, 2006 Fifteenth Edition

Recently the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) revised their standards for accreditation of continuing nurse education. To maintain consistency with ANCC standards, ENA has adopted these changes as well. Two of the most important changes affect TNCC/ENPC/CATN directly. They are (1) calculation of CECH and (2) disclosure of conflicts of interest.

CECH FOR TNCC/ENPC/CATN

Effective for courses given on or after January 1, 2007 CECH hours will change for TNCC/ENPC instructor and provider courses, and for CATN . Hours will be calculated based on a 60-minute hour, rather than a 50-minute hour. The total CECH hours for each course are:

TNCC provider: TNCC reverification TNCC instructor ENPC provider ENPC instructor CATN II

13.83   8.00   7.50 15.33   7.50 13.00

For further details about changes to the CECH Guidelines, go to www.ena.org . Place your cursor on Education and Conferences, select CECH & Continuing Ed, then select CECH Guidelines and Application. There you will find a summary of the changes as well as the full new 2007 CECH guidelines.

The breakdown of CECH hours for each course can be found on each course page, TNCC/ENPC/CATN, along with a template of the Conflict of Interest form described below.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Conflict of interest disclosure statements must be obtained from all course directors and instructors to identify and resolve any potentially conflicting relationships of a financial, professional, or personal nature.

A template Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement has been added to the revised CECH Guidelines for use by course directors. The template will be incorporated into the TNCC/ENPC Administrative Procedures which are currently under revision by the Course Administration Faculty and are available on each course page on the ENA Web site.

Under the new conflict of interest rules course participants must be informed of any influencing financial relationships or lack thereof disclosed by the course director and/or instructors.

Should you have any questions about these changes, please contact Maureen Howard at mhoward@ena.org or 847-460-4010.

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