Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Elizabeth S. KinionChovanak, Lori Anne2013-06-252013-06-252012https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/1075Continuing 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.enNursing--Study and teachingContinuing educationProfessional PaperCopyright 2012 by Lori Anne Chovanak