What continuing education opportunities does ANA offer?
ANA offers a wide variety of CE options. You can find CE courses in our newspaper, The American Nurse, in our monthly journal, American Nurse Today, and at our national and state conventions. In addition, our website NursingWorld offers a broad range of current and archived CE independent study modules. Go to ANA’s online CE Web site to see what is available. Q – What is an Independent Study Module ( ISM) The structure of ANA’s ISM includes the components of an abstract, purpose, objectives, article, references, multiple choice post-test and feedback section that explains why the correct answer is correct and why the other options are incorrect. These explanations are based solely on the information presented within the text of the article. The references identified for each ISM are to be used for supplemental purposes only. ANA allows the registrant to retake the post test as many times as necessary to achieve a passing grade of 75 percent. These ISMs should take approximately 1.5 to
ANA offers a wide variety of CE options. You can find CE courses in our newspaper, The American Nurse, in our monthly journal, American Nurse Today, and at our national and state conventions. In addition, our website NursingWorld offers a broad range of current and archived CE independent study modules. Go to ANA’s online CE website to see what is available. Q – What is an Independent Study Module (ISM) The structure of ANA’s ISM includes the components of an abstract, purpose, objectives, article, references, multiple choice post-test and feedback section that explains why the correct answer is correct and why the other options are incorrect. These explanations are based solely on the information presented within the text of the article. The references identified for each ISM are to be used for supplemental purposes only. ANA allows the registrant to retake the post test as many times as necessary to achieve a passing grade of 75 percent. These ISMs should take approximately 1.5 to 2
