Bold ideas meet thoughtful execution
Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc. Continuing Nursing Education Credentialing
In today’s healthcare landscape, nurses are asked to carry more responsibility and more emotion, often without spaces designed to support their own healing and professional growth. Traditional continuing education can feel disconnected from lived experience, overlooking the emotional and systemic realities of nursing. Our continuing nursing education packages are designed to help you close that gap by creating professional development that honors both competence and care.
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Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc. is nationwide nonprofit. They are an accredited long-term provider of continuing nursing education and professional development in all 50 states by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Provider approved by the Kansas Board of Registered Nursing.
+ Continuing education hours are required for license renewal in 39 states + Washington D.C.
+ CE contact hours are required for all clinical and holistic specialty certifications.
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Simplify the complexities of CNE credentialing for visionary educators.
Focus on high-impact education that sustains both the nursing profession and your entrepreneurial goals.
Advocate for the success of nurse-owned businesses by simplifying the bureaucratic language of CNE credentialing.
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From novice entrepreneurs with an idea to seasoned educators, we partner with nurses who desire to be part of the solution and those who care about doing things right - and doing them well.
You will work directly with Debriefing the Front Lines CNE Program Coordinator, Tara Kosmas to you create offerings that spark reflection, connecting evidence-based frameworks with the emotional intelligence and self-awareness needed to sustain meaningful work in healthcare.
Benefits of incorporating CNE into your offerings
Establish yourself as a thought leader
Book virtual and in person speaking engagements with nationally recognized associations
Add valuable and credibility to your work
Expand your audience
Market with more ease
Develop confidence in promoting your accredited offerings
Bridge the gap between clinical quality and administrative efficiency by selling your accredited CE offerings to to hospitals
Increase revenue and create sustainability over side hustle
Increase your opportunity for sales with employer based tuition reimbursement.
Make hospitals pay for continuing education nurses actually want
Remember your prosperity leads to the prosperity of others
Create sustainability within your business and impact within nursing
Partnership entails the following to ensure your offering meets BON standards
CNE Curriculum Guidance using CNE template for both synchronous and asynchronous work
Follow up email with next steps after every meeting
Unlimited email communication for support
Formatting structure
Objective writing using Bloom’s Taxonomy
Creation of CNE Quiz
Course delivery discussions and learning management system (LMS) suggestions
Employer based tuition reimbursement template
Letter of approval
CNE verbiage for marketing
Access to CNE Provider Number
CNE certificate and issuing authority under Debriefing the Front Lines Credentialing
Annual 1:1 support meeting
CNE Partnerships
Impactful Education
Whether you are a curious novice or experienced educator, partnering with Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc. prepares your offerings for CNE contact hours needed for license and speciality certification renewal.
To begin the partnership you will receive
An electronic agreement outlining deliverables, partnership details and protection of your intellectual property
Invoice to pay in full or set up auto payment
Roadmap of what to expect
Clear communication
Schedule 1:1 Support Meeting(s)
After the agreement is signed and payment is made, we schedule a meeting and the support begins!
Using a CNE template and checklist together we create the structure of your educational offering to ensure it meets BON approval.
The number of 1:1 support meetings is based on the package you purchase.
Delivery
We support you through discussions and decisions surrounding delivery of your offering and learning management system considerations.
CNE Offering
When your CNE template and checklist are complete, we provide you a letter of approval and CNE certificate with issuing authority under Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc. CNE provider number.
What’s Next?
Share your offering with individual nurses and hospital systems.
Each June, you will fill out a 6 question report regarding your offerings and send to Tara for the BON annual report.
Investment Guide
Single Offerings
| CNE Credentialing for up to 5.0 contact hours |
| CNE credentialing for up to 10.0 contact hours |
| CNE credentialing for up to 24.0 contact hours |
1:1 Guidance
CNE Partnerships
All offerings include
∙ Ability to offer CNE contact hours until June 30, 2028
∙ 1.0 CNE contact hour per 50 minutes of education
∙ Agreement outlining partnership and your intellectual property
∙ Shared Google Drive for real time and asynchronous work
∙ Collaborate and review learning objectives and CNE quiz
∙ CNE verbiage for marketing and advertising
∙ Access to Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc. CNE Provider Number
∙ CNE Certificate template and issuing authority under Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc.
∙ Management of all BON annual reporting obligations
∙ Email support and communications through the life of the agreement
∙ Optional and additional $600/year fee: CNE quiz and certificate management
Executive Packages
Start your Continuing Nursing Education business
| Requirement: Masters of Nursing |
| Requirement: Current CNE Provider Accreditation from ANCC or a State BON |
Be a part of the solution.
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Intentional
Structure
In the world of CNE, cutting corners isn't just a business risk, it is an ethical breach that can affect nursing license renewal.
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Collaborative
Energy
Co-creating a designated space for you to deliver impactful offerings built on quality education.
While other credentialing bodies act as inspectors, our corporation acts as an architect. We don't just judge if your education is good enough we provide the tools, ethical frameworks, and sustainable business models to make it sustainable.