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Nurse Retreats with ANCC-Accredited CE Contact Hours
Every CODE YOU retreat offers 6 CE contact hours of nursing continuing professional development. Our CE activities are approved by the Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation. For nurse leaders working toward ANCC Magnet recognition, Pathway to Excellence, or the ANCC Well-Being Excellence credential, our retreats are an evidence-based way to invest in your team's continuing education and well-being at the same time.
CE hours and how to use them
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6 CE contact hours per half-day retreat
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CE documentation provided to each participant
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Topics aligned with nurse well-being, leadership, compassion fatigue, trauma-informed care, and communication — all of which appear in modern nursing CE curriculum requirements
CODE YOU provides CE documentation, learning objectives, and faculty credentials for your records. For how a retreat maps to a specific credential's requirements, see our Well-Being Excellence hub or start a conversation with your nursing professional development team.
Why nurse leaders bring CODE YOU in
Magnet and Pathway organizations are expected to demonstrate active investment in nurse well-being, healthy work environments, and ongoing professional development.
ANCC's Well-Being Excellence credential makes this expectation explicit. CODE YOU's curriculum maps directly to these expectations:
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Healthy work environment: CODE YOU's Brave Healing Spaces framework, published at the TNA Conference in June 2024, defines and operationalizes a psychologically safe nursing culture.
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Leadership development: The Wholistic Leadership Certificate Program trains nurse leaders in active listening, storytelling, personality typing, workplace violence prevention, and trauma-informed care.
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Well-being intervention: CODE YOU's verbatim and active listening research shows a 60% improvement in communication dynamics among participants.
How this connects to ANCC Well-Being Excellence
The ANCC Well-Being Excellence credential recognizes organizations that build well-being into how they operate. CODE YOU's Well-Being Excellence hub lays out the framework and how our programs support each element. An approved CE retreat is one concrete, documentable step toward that standard.
Research backing the curriculum
CODE YOU's training is built on two peer-presented research initiatives. See the full research page for abstracts, methodology, results, and downloadable posters.
Host a CE-earning retreat for your team
If you're a nurse leader, professional development specialist, or Magnet/Pathway coordinator looking for an evidence-based, CE-earning intervention for your team — CODE YOU travels to you. Start a conversation or call 210-791-9071.
Upcoming retreats
Accreditation
Nursing continuing professional development activities offered by CODE YOU are approved by the Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.