title: Nurse planner roles and functions.
abstract: The responsibilities of a nurse planner are crucial to the creation and development of both accredited and approved continuing education activities. The nurse planner serves as a repository for accreditation criteria and is charged with the oversight of identifying learning needs, identifying content experts, developing content and teaching strategies, and designing evaluation methodologies for activities that carry contact hour credit. This column describes the components of the role and identifies ways they can be operationalized.
authors.affiliation: Villanova University College of Nursing, Pennsylvania 19085, USA. lyn.desilets@villanova.edu
authors.forename: Lynore D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: DeSilets
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010934:Planning Techniques