Accepted Contact Hour Activities
Things you can do to earn contact hours.
You will have the option to designate your contact hours as either Acute-Care Virtual or professional development when you enter them into your recertification application.
You must earn a total of 90 verified contact hours from the activities during your accrual period. 70 of the 90 must be designated Acute-Care Virtual and follow the CAVRN domain blueprint (see table below). Only 20 of the 90 may be designated ProfDev.
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CAVRN Domain
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Min Required CH
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Quality & Safety
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11
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Patient & Family Education
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8
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Communication
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14
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Teamwork & Inter-Professional Collaboration
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12
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Coaching & Mentoring
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8
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Leadership
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7
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Informatics & Technology
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10
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You can use the following activities to earn contact hours. The CAVRN Certification Handbook explains how many contact hours you may earn for each activity and how to record the hours in your recertification application.
We advise you to save all documentation related to these activities, as you will need to submit them at the time of your application. You cannot claim contact hours for the same activity completed multiple times.
Continuing Education
Continuing education from an accredited provider or approver of NCPDs. Continuing education certificates must include your name, date and name of program, number of NCPDs awarded and accreditation statement.
Preceptor/Mentor
Provide medical-surgical focused clinical supervision to baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral degree students or newly hired nurses. Include in your recertification application with a preceptorship form.
Preceptor/Mentor Verification Form
Academics
Academic courses related to nursing successfully completed while enrolled in an accredited baccalaureate, master’s, or doctoral degree program. Include in your recertification application with an unofficial transcript.
Presentations
The presentation of new content for continuing nursing education programs, including podium, poster, and multi-media presentations. Presentations must award to participants either academic credit or contact hours by an accredited provider or approver of NCPDs. If the presentation/poster is presented more than once, contact hours will only be awarded for one presentation during the accrual period.
Professional Publications
Author, co-author, or editor of a book, book chapter, or published article. The format may be a manuscript, peer-reviewed article or research paper, book, or book chapter and must be published by a recognized publisher or professional journal.
Research/Evidence-Based Practice Project
Research project approved by the Investigational Review Board (IRB) of a healthcare facility in which you are one of the primary investigators. Include in your recertification application with the research proposal submitted to the facility's IRB.
Evidence-Based Practice projects that have been given exempt status by the IRB or have been implemented in your healthcare facility and are reflected in its policies, procedures, or clinical guidelines. You must have been involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the project. Include in your recertification application with a copy of the research proposal.
Professional/Volunteer Service
Participation on a board, committee, or task force for a healthcare-related organization. Membership in a national nursing organization is not accepted for contact hours.