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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Please note that Florida now uses CEBroker to confirm that nurses have met the continuing education requirement for license renewal. This means you can not renew your license until all your continuing education is submited and processed by CEBroker. This is not an issue unless you wait until the last minute to renew. If you do not meet the requirements as posted in CEBroker, you will be prompted to enter your continuing education. We DO REPORT to CEBroker, but since they do not process immedaitely, you may have to wait until the next morning to have the continuing education you complete today processed by CEBroker before you will be allowed to renew your license.
1) Do you report to CE Broker for Florida nurses?
Answer - Yes, as a Florida nursing CE provider we are required to report within 90 days. We NOW report IMMEDIATELY. CEBroker tends to post within minutes to hours depending on the demand at the posting time.
2) I am renewing my license and I need it reported today, can that happen?
Answer - Since we report immediately, this should be quickly available on the CEBroker. The only delay may be related to the demand.
3) I am getting my initial Florida license (new graduate or RN from another location), do you report to board?
Answer - We can only report to CE Broker for individuals with CURRENT licenses in Florida. You may print your certificate immedaitely upon class completion, however you must submit the certificate to the FBON using their proscribed method on your own.
4) Are these courses approved for (RD, RT, MD, CNA, ARNP, etc)?
Answer - Many of our courses are approved for the listed professions through complimentary board approval.
5) Are your courses approved by other state boards of nursing?
Answer - The answer is a cautious, USUALLY! Most state boards of Nursing have a reciprocity clause for continuing education. Namely, if the course is approved by another state board of Nursing that REQUIRES continuing education, then that course is approved in the other state. Please check with your state board of Nursing for further clarification. We will soon be posting a link to CE requirements of nursing licensure in all states that will help to clarify this answer.
Author Guidelines
We, at Knowledge is Power, Inc. and Nurse411.com are committed to bringing free or low cost continuing education offerings to nurses everywhere. But, unfortunately we have limited resources.
Content
Although we accept articles for electronic publication, we are also looking for all types of information that nurses may find interesting. These include, but are not limited to:
- Editorials on topics that impact nursing or health care such as legislation, funding, nursing shortage, etc.
- Interesting case studies/scenarios that may include x-rays, photos or ECG tracings (rhythm strips or 12 leads)
- Stories of triumph or perseverance that highlight nurses and their impact on the patient.
- New medications, procedures, and techniques in use in your clinical practice.
- Conferences that you are aware of that you would like to add to our calendar.
- Any other content you think we should have on this site.
Format
Files should be submitted in Microsoft Word 97 (or later version). Due to the potential for viruses and their cousins, we prefer to not receive zip files and word files should not have macros (if you don't know what they are you probably don't have them).
Length
The length of your content should be dictated by the material. Be careful not to pick too broad of a topic to write on. For instance acute MI is too broad, new treatments for acute MI complications is better.
Stories of interest to nurses should optimally be no more than 2500 words. However, because of the editing process, feel free to exceed that length.
Conference and new therapy information should be limited to a paragraph or two. Material exceeding this length will be trimmed.
Review
All material will be reviewed by nurses, doctors and/or ancillary health care professionals to insure accuracy, subject coverage and relevance. If the material is appropriate for our audience, it will be forwarded to the editorial board for editing both for length and clarity.
Any financial interest or professional/personal associations the author(s) have with any company in the article must be disclosed for ethical reasons.
Ethics
Over the last couple of years, nationally recognized authors have been accused of plagiarism to the detriment of their reputations, the reputations of their publication and the trust of the people.
Therefore, we want to clearly state that plagiarism will not be tolerated. Sources will be researched and material may be submitted to professional search companies who will search for plagiarized material. It may take longer to come up with your own way of saying something, but it is worth it in the end.
We at nurse411.com pride ourselves on our ethics and we only want to use material that is in concert with this philosophy.
Editorials
Knowledge is Power, Inc. and nurse411.com are the sole judges of the suitability of all material for the web site and/or any other publishing medium owned, operated or otherwise controlled by Knowledge is Power, Inc. All decisions are final.
Copyright
A photograph with any identifiable person with be accompanied by a release form signed by the party in the photograph or their legal guardian/representative. The author will be required to sign a document attesting that all content and associated materials are free from copyright or are accompanied by copyright release statements (provided upon acceptance of the submission).
Acknowledgements
You will be notified of acceptance or denial of your material within 30 days of receipt. You will receive a return receipt for all materials you submit. If you do not receive a e-mail receipt for you submissions within 48 hours, you may safely assume that it was not received and resubmit it.
www.Nurse411.com
Founded by me, Henry (Hank) Geiter, Jr, RN, CCRN-CMC, TNCC, in 2001, the mission of this company is to give nurses everywhere the opportunity to acquire skill and knowledge at their own pace in a non-threatening environment and for minimal or NO cost.
I have been a nurse since 1992 and helping to educate nurses since 1994 however, I only obtained Florida Board of Nursing Continuing Education provider approval in late 2003. I then began development of the online version of these courses which became available in December 2003.
Although there are a great many companies that provide nurses with continuing education opportunities, I felt we needed one more. You see, some offer free courses but on esoteric topics, some charge an exorbitant fee per hour of credit (some as high as $8.00 per hour of credit or more!). This site is different. We think education is a right of all nurses and cost is a factor that can inhibit learning. We paid dearly for our initial education and now companies are bilking us for continuing education. Instead of spending hundreds of dollars a year on interesting topics, you can learn for FREE! Some courses will have a small cost to help support the site, and the nursing adjuncts we have developed will, of course, have a modest fee attached, but the goal is education first, making money second. In addition I, and the other authors that you will see on this site, don't write to impress, we write to express! Knowledge becomes most powerful when it is explained so others can understand it! We pride ourselves on using simple language and very little technical mumbo-jumbo to truly demystifies medical and nursing knowledge.
In addition, I was tired of having forty different pages book marked and searching through my favorites on my browser; I wanted one place that nurses could go to get pertinent timely information. Whether it was web sites for locating additional free resources, conferences, corporate web sites, or even links to other continuing education locations, both free and fee based, our company goal is to allow nurses to find all the opportunities that best fit their needs.
I love research and writing. Writing, to me, is a passion - whether short stories, technical articles, or books. Although it wasn't until recently that I decided to share his writing with others, once I started writing I had trouble stopping...
I have written more than 30 articles for nursing journals such as RN, Nursing2004 (through Nursing 2012), Vital Signs, and DCCN, and also write continuing education articles for my co-workers at Sunstar-Paramedics Plus. However, some of the continuing education articles are either "too long", "too detailed", or "not right for our audience" when submitted to the journals. Instead of limiting them to people I know and work with, I decided to make them available to everyone! Other authors on this site have written educational programs for Critical Care Transport Program where I work and they graciously allowed me to post them here for your perusal.
Enjoy...
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A state by state list of all CE requirements for: |
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Also, board contact information, |
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- Alabama:
- Bay Area Nurse Practitioner Association
- Central Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association
- North Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association
- Nurse Practitioner Alliance of Alabama
- River Region Advanced Practitioners
- West Alabama Nurse Practitioners
- Wiregrass Nurse Practitioner Association
- Alaska:
- Arizona:
- California:
- Coachella Valley Chapter of Nurse Practitioners
- California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
- Northern California Chapter of GAPNA
- Orange County NAPNAP Chapter
- Redding Area PA & NP Alliance
- Sacramento Valley Chapter of NAPNAP
- Silicon Valley Chapter for Nurse Practitioners
- Colorado:
- Colorado Society of Advance Practice Nurses
- Colorado Society of Clinical Specialists in Psychiatric Nursing
- Northern Colorado Nurse Practitioner’s Coalition
- Southern Colorado Advanced Practice Nursing Association
- Connecticut:
- Delaware:
- District of Columbia:
- Florida:
- Association of Nurse Practitioners in Business, Inc.
- Central Florida Advanced Nurse Practitioner Council
- Florida Chapter of GAPNA
- Florida Chapter of NAPNAP
- Florida Coalition of Advanced Practice Nursing
- Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of GAPNA
- Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of NAPNAP
- Florida Nurse Practitioner Network - FNPN
- Florida Nurses Association
- Florida Panhandle Nurse Practitioner Coalition
- Lake County PA & NP Organization
- Manatee Area Council for Advanced Nursing Practice - MACANP
- North Central Florida Advanced Practice Nurses
- NP Council of Miami-Dade
- Nurse Practitioner Council of Collier County
- Nurse Practitioner Council of Palm Beach County
- PAs and NPs of the Florida Keys
- Polk County Advanced Practice Nurses Association
- Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Beta, Chapter-At-Large
- South Florida Council of Advanced Practice Nurses, Inc.
- Southern Gulf Coast Nurse Practitioner Council
- Space Coast Clinicians
- Tampa Bay Advanced Practice Nurses Council
- Tampa Bay Simulation Network
- Treasure Coast Nurse Practitioners
- Volusia Flagler Advanced Practice Nursing Council
- West Coast Council of Advanced Nursing Practice
- Georgia:
- Atlanta Chapter United Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
- Central Georgia Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
- Georgia Chapter of GAPNA
- Gwinnett Chapter United Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
- Nurse Practitioner Council of Coastal Georgia
- United Advanced Practice Registered Nurses of Georgia
- United Advanced Practice Registered Nurses of West Georgia
- Iowa:
- Idaho:
- Illinois:
- Indiana:
- Iowa:
- Louisiana:
- Kentucky:
- Maryland:
- Massachusetts:
- Michigan:
- Minnesota:
- Mississippi:
- Montana:
- Nevada:
- New Hampshire:
- New Jersey:
- New York:
- NPA Brooklyn Queens Chapter
- NPA Capital Chapter New York
- The Nurse Practitioner Association Greater Rochester
- NPA Long Island Chapter
- NPA Manhattan Bronx Chapter
- NPA Mohawk Valley Chapter
- NPA Staten Island Chapter
- NPA Tompkins Cortland Chapter
- The Nurse Practitioner Association New York State
- Nurse Practitioners of New York
- North Carolina:
- NCNA Council of Nurse Practitioners Wake Central Region
- NCNA Council of Nurse Practitioners - Coastal Region
- NCNA Council of Nurse Practitioners Eastern Region
- North Carolina Nurses Association
- Ohio:
- Oregon:
- Pennsylvania:
- Berks County Nurse Practitioners
- BuxMont Nurse Practitioner Group
- Nurse Practitioners of Central Pennsylvania
- South Carolina:
- South Dakota:
- Tennessee:
- Texas:
- Advanced Practice Nurses of the Permian Basin
- Austin Advanced Practice Nurses
- Brazos Valley Nurse Practitioner Association
- Central Texas Alliance of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- Denton Area Advanced Practice Nurses
- Galveston Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses - GCAPN
- Hill Country Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician’s Assistants Association
- Houston Area Chapter of NAPNAP
- Houston Area Nurse Practitioners - HANP
- North Harris Montgomery Advanced Practice Nurse Society
- North Texas Nurse Practitioners
- Texas Clinical Nurse Specialists - TxCNS
- Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of GAPNA
- Texas Nurse Practitioners
- Victoria Area Nurse Practitioners
- Utah:
- Vermont:
- Virginia:
- Washington:
- ARNP Care WA State Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Newsletter
- ARNPs United of Washington State WA State NP Group
- ACNM Midwives of Washington
- Mount Baker Nurse Practitioners Association
- NAPNAP WA State Chapter
- NPGS Nurse Practitioner Group of Spokane
- PSONS Puget Sound Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society
- PSNPA Puget Sound Nurse Practitioner Association
- WANA Washington Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- WSNA Washington State Nurses Association
- WSNPA West Sound Nurse Practitioner Association
- Washington DC:
- Wisconsin:
- International Association for Human Caring
- International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health
- Canadian Nurses Association (Canada)
- ÖsterreichischerKrankenpflegeverband (Austria)
- The Danish Nurses Organization (Denmark)
- European Federation of Critical Care Nursing Associations (EU)
- Nurses of Emergency
- FAECAP
- NU91 (Netherlands)
- DENOSA (South Africa)
- ENSSA (Egypt)
- UAE Nurses Association (UAE)
- NursingResearch(Russian)
- Indian Nursing Council (India)
- NAINA (India-US)
- Philippine Nurses Association (Philippines)
- PNANJ (Philipines)
- Japaneese Nurses Assoication (Japan)
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- American College of Nurse Midwives
- American College of Nurse Practitioners
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- Cardiovascular Society of Advanced Practice Providers
- National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses
- National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
- Nurse Practitioners in Emergency Care
- NP National Marketing Campaign
- Uniformed Nurse Practitioner Association
- Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association
- Alliance for Psychosocial Nursing
- American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
- American Academy of Nursing
- American Assembly for Men in Nursing
- American Assisted Living Nurses Association
- American Association for the History of Nursing
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
- American Association of Managed Care Nurses
- American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
- American Association of Nurse Attorneys
- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
- American College Health Association
- American Forensic Nurses
- American Heart Association: Council on Cardiovascular Nursing
- American Holistic Nurses Association
- American Long Term & Sub Acute Nurses Association
- American Medical Informatics Association/ Nursing Informatics Working Group
- American Nephrology Nurses Association
- American Nurses Association
- American Nursing Informatics Association
- American Organization of Nurse Executives
- American Public Health Association - Public Health Nursing Section
- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Nurses Section
- American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, Inc.
- American Society of Pain Management Nursing
- American Society of Peri-Anesthesia Nurses
- American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgical Nurses, Inc.
- American Thoracic Society: Nurses Section
- Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing
- Association of Camp Nurses
- Association of Child Neurology Nurses
- Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
- Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing
- Baromedical Nurses Association
- Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.
- Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools
- Dermatology Nurses' Association
- Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association
- Emergency Care Connection
- Emergency Nurses Association
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- Infusion Nurses Society (see intravenous)
- International Association of Forensic Nurses
- International Council of Nurses
- International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses
- International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care
- International Society of Nurses in Genetics
- National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service, Inc.
- National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
- National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses
- National Association of Neonatal Nurses
- National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
- National Association of School Nurses
- National Association of School Nurses for the Deaf
- National Association of Rural Health Clinics
- National Black Nurses Association, Inc.
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing
- National Federation for Specialty Nursing Organizations
- National Gerontological Nurses Association
- National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
- National League for Nursing
- National Nurses in Business Association
- National Nursing Centers Consortium
- National Student Nurses Association
- Navy Nurse Corps Association
- North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses
- Nurses Christian Fellowship
- Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs
- Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International
- Oncology Nurses Society
- Retired Army Nurse Corps Association
- Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing
- Society for Vascular Nursing
- Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head/Neck Nurses
- Society of Pediatric Nurses
- Space Nursing Society
- Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates
- Transcultural Nursing Society/College of Nursing Health
- Wound. Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society