IMPORTANT STEPS BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

FIRST, IT IS BEST TO ATTEMPT TO DO THIS ALL IN ONE SITTING, BECAUSE COMING BACK TO IT CAN BE CONFUSING. SO PLAN ON BLOCKING OUT ABOUT 3 HOURS ON YOUR DAY OFF TO COMPLETE THIS TRAINING.

IF YOU DON’T HAVE ONE ALREADY, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO CREATE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT/PROFILE TO MAKE YOUR ANF COURSEWORK EXPERIENCE SMOOTHER. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT, JUST USE THE ONE YOU ALREADY HAVE.

Step #1 OBTAIN AMERICAN NURSE FOUNDATION CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR THE FREE NURSE WELL-BEING PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY- ESPECIALLY #5 

  1. Go to link
  2. Scroll to bottom of page and select the left most selection which is the “Nurse Well-Being: Building Peer and Leadership Support” and add it to your cart. You don’t have to worry about paying anything. It’s free.
  3. Click check out, the ANF site will prompt you to create an account. If you don’t already have an account with them, create an account
  4. Click on “Register for  an Account”
  5. In the Personal Identification Details of the ANF’s account creation information:

For “Employment Status” = choose “Prefer not to Answer”

For “Organization Name” = leave blank

  1. Fill in the rest of the required personal info and click submit
  2. Your ANF cart will still appear to be empty (this is part of the process)
  3. You have now, at this point, only created a member account with the ANF (you still have to go back and “add it to your cart” and then “checkout” to receive the email containing info on how to login and access your course.

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  1. To navigate back to the course page click here.
  2. Repeat step 2
  3. You must add the bottom left course “Nurse Well-Being: Building Peer and Leadership Support” and add it to your cart 
  4. click on go to cart
  5. Click on check out
  6. It should say “Electronic checkout free delivery” at the bottom left of your screen
  7. Click on “terms and conditions” and “recaptcha”
  8. Click “place order”
  9. You will see an “order successful” screen with a link to your course. At this time the ANF has sent you an email with your course information.
  10. Go to the email account you used to create the ANF account. The ANF’s email will contain all the information you’ll need to log in and access the Nurse Well-Being: Building Peer and Leadership Support - Training
  11. Complete the online course. It’s recommended to try and finish the course in one sitting because navigating back to where you left off may not be accurate, but we understand, life happens, and feel free to complete this course on your own time. If you don’t finish the course in one sitting- take note of what module you completed. The course does remember which elements of each module you’ve completed with a check mark next to it. 

How do I resume the course where I left off?

  1. Once logged into your ANF account, Click on My Account, then Click on “go to my online courses”, then click Nurse Well-Being: Building Peer and Leadership Support - Training

YOU ARE NOW IN THE COURSE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Quick tips:

  1. On the left side of screen is navigation, we recommend doing this from top to bottom reading the “course info” tab first then “course content” and then last step is claim CNE
  2. On course info tab, read both disclosures
  3. Click on course content and do all modules (side note: it took roughly 40 minutes for me to get into the course environment after creating the account, but this included documentation)
  4. Note that each time you click on a new module you will click “launch course” that’s normal. So go through and watch all the modules
  5. Some of the Modules will require you to interact and/or answer questions. But there are no pass/fail exams during the entire learning session. There are a total of 15 modules.
  6. We recommend blocking out about 2.5 - 3 hours of total volunteer time absorbing the material and interacting with the modules as needed.
  7. You will know when you have completed the entire course when you hear a “congratulations” and recommendations for “next steps” you will also see a medium/large sized QR code on the screen.

AFTER COMPLETING THE ONLINE COURSE CLICK EXIT AT THE TOP RIGHT

  1. Then click on your name at the top right of the screen. There will be a drop down menu. Click on “Progress”.
  2. This opens the Progress Summary Page.
  3. The third paragraph down is titled “Content” make sure that all 15/15 are complete and that it says 100%. It is only then that you will be able to print your Certificate of Completion.
  4. The Progress Summary page will show the areas you did not complete or missed. All elements of each section will have a check mark next to it when completed. This is why it’s recommended to complete the course in one day or sitting as to not miss any elements of the sections. The course management system keeps track of your progress electronically. If needed, you may have to go through each section and do a visual to ensure all areas are check marked.
  5. Once you’ve checked that every section has its fulfilled checkmarks, click on “Claim CNE”
  6. When you arrive at the “Claim CNE” page, you will see two arrows at the top right “<   >”. Click the one that points to the right.
  7. You’ve now arrived at the “Verification Completion” page. On this page you will click the little box that says  “Task 1 By clicking this box…” then click SAVE. It will time stamp the time you verified you’ve completed the training.
  8. Next, navigate up to the top right and click on your name. Then at dropdown menu click “Progress”.
  9. You are now at the Progress Screen. Scroll down until you see a section called “Surveys” and click it.
  10. You will arrive at two links “CE Evaluation” and “Evaluation Survey”
  11. Fill out both Links for the Verification of Completion: CE Evaluation and Evaluation Survey (they are the same exact survey, yes, you fill out both of them)
  12. After completing those, go back to the Claim CNE tab again, and click on “Course Evaluation”. 
  13. This survey asks similar questions but the interface looks somewhat different.
  14. Note: You are going to basically fill out the same survey three times. Twice for the Verification of Completion, and then once for the Course Evaluation.
  15. Once you’ve completed the ANF’s survey 3 times, follow the steps to download your certificate by clicking on the certificate and clicking on “Generate Download”. The certificate will be in your designated download folder on your desktop computer. IOS devices may default these downloads to your files folder. 
  16. *The downloaded certificate of completion is what you will use to upload through our portal for our volunteer positions here at the Nursing Lens.

Once you’ve completed all the steps AND submitted your volunteer application you will receive a confirmation email, and if all is good, you will receive a Welcome Email.