In the State of California, Registered nurses are required by law to complete 30 contact hours of continuing education every two years. SJMC Medical Library has print and electronic resources available for our nurses to help meet their CE requirements.

• ClinicalKey for Nursing CE: Read Clinical Skills needed and earn CE credits. See the attached document below to follow the steps..
• CINAHL® Plus with Full Text CE: See the attached document below  to follow the steps.
• Medscape Nurse CE: Medscape, LLC ("Medscape") is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing nursing education
• UpToDate CE for Nurse Practitioner: Create and Log into your personal account first to be linked. UpToDate is also accredited by the American Association of NursePractitioners (AANP) to award NP CE contact hours.
• My FREE CE for Nurses:  Fee Based. No DH group plan is available.  ​​

• CSH Nursing Research: Research is the systematic investigation, including research development, testing, and evaluation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. 

  • ALL potential research studies must undergo institutional review board (IRB) determination at CommonSpirit Health. Note: students should obtain their school IRB approval first, then undergo CommonSpirit Health IRB approva

  • Select this link to learn more about the CommonSpirit Health Research Institute IRB

• Evidence-Based Practice is the integration of clinical expertise, patient values, the best research evidence into the decision making process for patient care.

  • EBP projects can be sent for EBP project approval through a system level approval committee. Learn about the EBP approval process here.

  • Not sure if your project is EBP or research? Check out the EBP vs Research decision tree guide here

  • Looking for EBP tools? 

    • Check out a Guide to the Johns Hopkins Evidence Based Practice tools

    • Check out a Guide to the Iowa Model Evidence Based Practice tools

    • Check out more education in the recorded modules below or use the example evidence summary table

• Watch the Recorded Workshop Series: The Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Council hosted a series of five workshops to introduce evidence-based practice. The goal of these presentations was to introduce topics related to defining, conducting, and disseminating EBP at CommonSpirit Health. Click the button below to watch the videos. After completing the videos you will receive continuing education credits.

  • Overview of the Commonspirit Health Research & EBP Framework

  • Searching the Literature

  • Research Design & Implementation

  • EBP Design & Implementation

  • Evaluation & Dissemination

• Nursing Excellence Showcase is a monthly virtual showcase to highlight nursing research and evidence-based practice projects across CommonSpirit Health. Nurses from across the ministry share findings from research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement projects. The showcase is typically presented as two 20 minute presentations, with time for questions and answers after each presentation. Continuing education credit is offered for attending the live session and recordings are available 

  • How to Sign Up :The Nursing Excellence Showcase occurs the 3rd Thursday of each month at 3 pm ET | 2 pm CT | 1 pm MT | 12 pm PT (1 hour)

    • Register to attend Nursing Excellence Showcases here

    • View month's speakers and presentation titles here

• CSH Nursing Journal Club Toolkit (ppt): created by the Nurisng Research and Evidence Based Practice Council. 

• American Nurses Association Position Statements

• American Nurses Association Code of Ethics

• Nursing Practice Act: California Board of Registered Nursing

• ECRI Guidelines Trust

  Requires free account registration. Publicly available web-based repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content.

• Best Practice Guidelines - Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario

• AHRQ - EPC Evidence Reports

  Complete titles of released evidence reports, comparative effectiveness reviews, technical briefs, Technology Assessment Program reports, and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force evidence syntheses.

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Guidelines

• Canadian Medical Association - Clinical Practice Guidelines

• Cochrane Library

  Search Cochrane Reviews, Protocols and Clinical Answers.

• National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

  The NCCN guidelines are FREE! Register for a free account, then click on the cancer types to display a drop down of options.

• Recommendations - US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

• Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinical Practice Guidelines

• UpToDate

Selected specific new recommendations and/or updates that may change usual clinical practice. 

• American Heart Association Guidelines & Statements