CCRN Audit Anxiety

[RnoRN]

I am a nurse who has been CCRN certified for 3 years. I got behind on my CEUs (grad school, COVID, and moving is a lot...) and was trying to rush to finish them at the end of my renewal period. I am talking like 14 hour days trying to finish CEUs, reading CE articles every moment of downtime, logging every single class I have taken. (Note: a lot of what I thought counted DIDN'T. Double check, don't be me). Thankfully, I am used to spending a lot of time studying or I would've gone insane. 

Regrettably, I did not finish in time and I had to go into inactive status. I have now completed the CEUs necessary and am ready to renew, but something occurred to me. Are they going to reject my renewal because I am entering hours of CE all at once? How does this even work? What does an audit even look like? I literally pulled out all of the CE I had read over two-ish weeks and logged it all at once LOL

I almost want them to audit me immediately so I never have to think about it again!

Thanks so much guys! Keep up on your CEUs!

 

[Medic2RN-CCRN-CMC]

What’s the verdict? How did it end up?

[Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP]

I think you'll be fine. I have been audited before by AACN (for my CCRN) and was able to send in all the CERP categories at the last minute. I am active with AACN so audits are random (I have been part of committee with NTI, joined task force for writing of standards of practice, and have volunteered as a test item writer). I find that the best way to keep up with CEU's is to maintain AACN membership and take advantage of their educational offerings online.