by Melissa Lassen, BSN, RN, NCSN

If your recertification is picked for audit, these are the most common reasons that your audit requires additional information in order to complete the recertification process:

  • The hours that you are claiming are not from a national accrediting agency such as ANCC, NASN, Boards of Nursing, etc.
  • You are claiming credit for 6 or more hours and not providing a syllabus or content outline.
  • The CEU certificate does not include your name. We often receive blank CEU certificates. 
  • The CEU Certificate information does not match the CEU certificate that you uploaded. 
  • You are claiming academic credit, and no transcript is included. 
  • You are claiming credit for a course that is not accepted such as CPR and First Aid.

NBCSN strongly recommends you include MORE than the 75 credits required, should one or more of your courses/activities not meet the requirements you will not need to submit more documentation.