Development of an intra-facility continuing education planning tool

Abstract

Continuing nursing education is now required for registered nurse licensure in Montana. The implementation of new state rules in Subchapter 21; 24.159.2101- 24.159.2106 requiring mandatory education was a change that has created uncertainty in some licensed professional nurses. The purpose of this paper is to describe the process the author used to plan and develop an Intra-facility Continuing Education Planning Tool (ICEPT) to assist a broad range of health care professionals, in a rural hospital to increase access to continuing education programs, that provided contact hours.