The potential for bias exists when an individual has the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity and has a financial relationship with a commercial interest,* the products or services of which are pertinent to the content of the educational activity. The Nurse Planner is responsible for evaluating any financial relationships and resolving any potential bias during the planning and implementation phases of an educational activity. If the Nurse Planner has an actual or potential bias, he or she should recuse himself or herself from the role as Nurse Planner for the educational activity.
*Commercial interest, as defined by ANCC, is any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients, or an entity that is owned or controlled by an entity that produces, markets, resells, or distributes healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients. (Please reference the content integrity document )
All individuals who have the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity must disclose all relevant relationships** with any commercial interest, including but not limited to members of the Planning Committee, speakers, presenters, authors, and/or content reviewers. Relevant relationships must be disclosed to the learners during the time when the relationship is in effect and for 12 months afterward. All information disclosed must be shared with the participants/learners prior to the start of the educational activity.
**Relevant relationships, as defined by ANCC, are relationships with a commercial interest if the products or services of the commercial interest are related to the content of the educational activity.
If yes, please include the description of the relationship for each category below.
* *All financial relationships, including potential ones, must be resolved prior to the planning, implementation, or evaluation of the continuing nursing education activity.
Checking the box below serves as the electronic signature of the individual completing this Biographical/Identification of Financial Relationship Form and attests to the accuracy of the information given above.