Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)

Welcome to the Health Sciences Guide to Continuing Nursing Education.

These pages contain resources for University of Washington nurses and nursing students to seek multiple sources for institution required continuing professional education. Use the tabs to navigate through the pages of this guide.

• UW CNE - continuing education offerings provided by the University of Washington's School of Nursing.
• Health Sciences Library Web Sources - continuing nursing education opportunities available through the Health Sciences Library's web resources.
• Online Sources - opportunities for continuing nursing education offered online through commercial sources.
• Conferences - links to calendars of live CNE offerings.

Current Washington State continuing competency information can be found here:

• Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission - Continuing Competency Program

Washington State continuing competency rules were scheduled for implementation January 1, 2011. "The draft rules require completion of 531 hours of active nursing practice and 45 hours of continuing education every three years...The three years...start Jan. 1, 2011, and renew every three years thereafter on the nurse's birth date" (Cumiskey, 2010).

Please see the following websites to follow the progress of the implementation process:

• Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission - Continuing Competency Program - FAQ 

• Continuing Competency Definitions and Examples

• Nursing Quality Assurance Contacts    

Cumiskey, C. (2010). Continuing competency update. Washington Nursing Commission News, 4(2), 20. Retrieved from http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/professions/nursing/documents/summer2010.pdf

• Seattle Campus Health Sciences Librarians (info)

• CCC/UW Bothell Campus Nursing Library Liaison (info)

• UW Tacoma Campus Nursing Library Liaison (info)

Related Libraries

• Health Sciences Library
• Research and Information Services, Harborview Medical Center
• UW Bothell/CCC Library
• UW Tacoma Library