ceu tracking

Altra, BSN, RN · Sep 13, 2008

See the MDS Coordinator Information forum under the specialty tab.

As far as tracking CEUs ... unless you have gotten all of your CEUs from one provider, there is no magic tracking system. You are responsible for your own recordkeeping.

RN1989 · Sep 13, 2008

It is each nurse's responsibility to keep track of their own CEs. Generally you must keep your certificates for an average of 4 yrs and present them anytime you are chosen for a random audit.

Some states such as FL have a CE tracking company that all FL providers must report to, but it is still your responsibility to keep track of CEs. Think "big folder in filing cabinet".

As far as MDS - Do not let your employer bully you into falsifying or altering records. It happens more often than you think.

hcmanp, NP · Sep 13, 2008

Get a paper copy of every CEU/CME you participate in

Keep a file of these. If you are truly neurotic, make 2 copies and keep them in separate places (home and bank or work or mom's house, whatever). I have everything in one place, and if the house catches fire, that box is going out the door with me.

Do not rely on other's computerized "tracking" - do your own!

Make an excel (I HATE Excel, btw) spreadsheet. As an NP, I have to track the source and whether or not it's ANCC certified credits, pharma credits, in my specialty etc. You'll need a column for each criteria you want to track. If you have a friend who can help you program it (and lots of people actually like Excel - go figure!), it can automatically add the numbers up for you. Mine is pretty elegant, thanks to my friend/husband. But you still have to enter the data by hand.

PLUS, one day you might get to send all those certificates to your accrediting body (yes, I did have to do that last time-it's called an audit, and it was not fun) to prove participation, and you will be awfully glad you took the time at the time to print those certificates out! They DID want to see them

YIKES! :eek:

BGgirl · Sep 13, 2008

I agree. CE tracking is your responsibility although my hospital did have some of the certificates I needed to prove that I had attended certain classes that awarded CE's. Thankfully I had most of them but I was recently audited and it was a huge pain to not have records of everything.

leadesign · Nov 8, 2008

I am working on a solution; I was audited a few years back. I was unable to find 0.5 ceu's. I was put on a one-time honor system. I wondered why the state didn't track nurses ceu's as they were earned. When I asked the state why they couldn't do this they said they didn't have a way to do this but it sounded like a good idea.

Therefore I decided to create a ceu tracker. I am calling it CE Caddy. It will be live by Jan. 1st 2009.

leadesign · Feb 18, 2009

Solution is now live. CE Caddy Inc went live 02/15/2009 easy to find on the web. at http://www.cecaddy.com I hope this will help all my fellow nurses.

lpnflorida · Feb 18, 2009

I love Cebroker which is who the state of Florida now uses. I still however keep my own records in a file cabinet.

HM2VikingRN, RN · Feb 18, 2009

Any CEUS that you complete through medscape are tracked through a central medscape tracker....

leadesign · Feb 18, 2009

CE Caddy takes any and all CEU providers as long as they are accredited. This can be used regardless of the state that you reside. You can print out an archived transcript or e-mail transcripts from the renewal cycle that is requested in the event of an audit an audit. Check out their website @ www.cecaddy.com

WalkieTalkie, RN · Feb 18, 2009

I really like the idea of your website, but is there anyway to have something like a free trial period? I just want to see exactly how it works before paying.

leadesign · Feb 19, 2009

There should be Trial Accounts available shortly hopefully by Friday.