Creating a CNE Audit Tool Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act Model

The continuous performance-improvement model known as Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) was used within the Approved Provider Unit of the North Carolina Division of Public Health to create an audit tool and process for assessing continuing nursing education courses. During the development of the audit tool, gaps and process inefficiencies were identified when documentation was reviewed for adherence to the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation's 2015 Criteria for Continuing Nursing Education and local provider unit requirements. This article traces the progress through three cycles of the PDSA model and provides the resulting audit tool and process. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2019;50(2):53-56.].