To set up a profile to take our post-tests for contact hours, click the link on our sign-in page that says "New User?" You will then be taken to page where you enter your information and choose your User ID and password.

The information sent to you for home study will not have a User ID or password to our system. You will need to set those up when you open a profile on our site.

This is the part of the form where you enter the User ID you wish to use when logging into our site.

You may choose any combination of letters or numerals. If your choice is not valid, you will be notified and you will have the opportunity to try again.

Your profile is active immediately. You do not need to wait for a confirmation email or a notice from the webmaster to begin using our site.

Your profile information is requested to provide a unique identifier for each participant. Also, to meet our accreditation standards, we need to be able to verify the location, professional status, and other information of our learners.

Some states from which we have accreditation as a continuing education provider require that we record this information. This information is part of the public record, however, and is very easy to verify should someone try to use it improperly.

All sessions logged into our site are secured. The information you enter cannot be intercepted or read by third parties. All information housed on our server is also secure.

We do not sell this information. This information is only available to the Continuing Education Department and to our content providers on a need-to-know basis for demographic analysis and to report the results of survey information.

You may edit your profile at any time to update your professional status, contact information or password.

The automated User ID and password use the email address entered when you set up your profile. You must check that email box for your User ID and password.

You may contact the webmaster, who will verify your profile information. He will then update your email address and you may retrieve your information by following the process.

UNMC policy prohibits us from sending or requesting User IDs or passwords over the phone or by a message from staff email accounts. The automated procedure is the only one authorized for this purpose.

There may be several reasons. First, some of our content providers require a log in from users to access information on their site. This profile information is not shared with us. You will need to set up an account on our site to access the evaluation and post-test we provide.
 
Second, you may not have completed the process to set up a profile, for reasons ranging from session interruption to accidental closing of the page before completion.
 
If you do have an account with Continuing Nursing Education, you may try to retrieve your information by clicking on the “Forget your User ID?” or “Forget your password?” links. Additionally, you may contact the webmaster to verify that you have an account on our site.

Content is available on our content partners’ websites. Links to many of these presentations can be found at http://www.unmc.edu/nursing/cne, under Online and Independent Study.

The program number is a reference used by our partners and us to identify a particular program offering. You may find it in the study materials for each program. Also, you may find it on the listing on our program selection page, which you may find after logging in to our site.

If you did not pass the test, a certificate will not be issued and you may return to retake the test. If it does not let you in, please check your certificate list and verify that it was issued. If you do not have a certificate listed for the program, and the site will not let you retake the exam, the webmaster will be able to assist you in gaining access.

We no longer make hard copies of our evaluations and tests available by email or fax. The technical requirements to use our site are minimal, and work with all computer systems and browsers.

There are a few surveys for which our partners wish to know not only whether participation in a CE activity will affect your professional practice, but whether it will not. For this reason, these surveys require a response regardless of your previous answers.

You may not always have internet access readily available. However, the post-tests and evaluations for our programs are good one year from the issue date. That should allow you time to complete the materials when internet access is available to you.

We have had several email addresses where the response came back to us as undeliverable. If this happens repeatedly, we will attempt to reach you by another means. If you have tried to contact us by email, with no response, please contact us by phone.

Upon the successful completion of a post-test, you will be taken to a page where you may view your certificate. At this point, you may either print it or save it as a PDF. It will also be available on our site for you to look up in the future.

Each state board of nursing may have specific regulations regarding how long contact hours are recognized. In most cases, your contact hours are good for one year from the date you took the post-test. In some cases they may be good for two years.

It is not our policy to mail out certificates for on-line programs. Another option may include saving the certificate as a PDF, which can then be emailed or saved on a network folder for review.

To make a PDF of a certificate, select the Print option under your browser’s “File” menu (usually at the very top left). If you are using a Windows-based computer, there is an option under Printer Name for Adobe PDF. Upon clicking “OK” you will be asked to name and choose a location for your PDF. If you are using a Mac, there will be a button to save as a PDF to the left of the “Print” button.