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Are you sitting down to create your PD plan for the year? The college offers a wide variety of resource to support nurses meeting their Quality Assurance requirements.

Standards of Practice

The Standards of Practice—Professional Standards, Practice Standards, and Scope Standards—assist nurses to provide safe, competent and ethical care by setting the requirements for practice.

Learning resources

Other BCCNM resources

Cultural safety and humility

Health providers, such as nurses, play a vital role in shaping the health care experiences of B.C. First Nations. A commitment to cultural safety and humility is a critical part of creating an environment free of racism and discrimination, where people feel safe receiving health care.

External resources

There are extensive resources available to nurses, through their employers, professional practice offices, Continuing Education credit courses, and others. Below are a few sources for additional learning:

BC LIBRARIES ABOUT
First Nations Health Authority
First Nations Health Authority offers e-HLBC access to all employees.

Email

Fraser Health
Fraser Health offers full library services to all employees

Email

Webpage

Interior Health
Interior Health offers full library services to all employees.

Email

Webpage

Island Health

Island Health offers full library services to all employees.

​Email Library Services​
Ministry of Health/Ministry of Child & Family Services
The Health and Human Services Library offers full library services to Ministry of Health & Ministry of Child and Family Development employees.

Email

Webpage

Northern Health

Northern Health offers full library services to all employees.

Email
Webpage

Providence Health Care

Providence Health Care employees can access eHLBC databases via PHC workstations.

Email

Provincial Health Services Authority

​The BC Cancer Agency and BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals provide library services to staff, and all PHSA employees can access library research databases via the PHSA intranet. 

Email for all inquiries  |  BC Cancer Agency Library  |  C & W Library​

Vancouver Coastal Health

Vancouver Coastal Health offers full library services to all employees. This includes research assistance, literature searches, print and electronic resources, interlibrary loans, document retrieval and training/instruction.

Email

Webpage

​Post-secondary institution libraries
Coast Mountain College (Terrace)
Library Coordinator
T: 1.877.277.2288
Community borrower info

College of New Caledonia
(Prince George)
Nursing librarian
T: 250-562-2131 x 5396
Community borrower info

College of the Rockies (Cranbrook)
Nursing librarian
T: 250.489.2751 x 3419
Community borrower info

Douglas College
(New Westminster)
Nursing librarian
T: 604.527.5184
Community borrower info

Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Langley)
Nursing librarian​
Community borrower info
Alumni borrower info

Langara College (Vancouver)
Nursing librarian
T: 604.323.5465
Community and alumni borrower info

North Island College (Courtenay)
Nursing librarian
T: 250.334.5097
Community borrower info

Okanagan College (Kelowna)
Nursing librarian
T: 250.762.5445 x4660
Community borrower info
Alumni borrower info

Selkirk College (Castlegar)
Nursing librarian
T: 250.365.7292 x21382
Community borrower info

Thompson Rivers University (Kamloops)
Nursing librarian
T: 250.828.5021
Community and borrower info

Trinity Western University (Langley)
Nursing librarian
T: 604.513.2121 x 3923
Community and alumni borrower info

UBC Vancouver (Woodward Library, Point Grey Campus)
Nursing librarian;
T: 604-822-0295
Community borrower info
Alumni borrower info

UBC Okanagan Campus (Kelowna)
Nursing librarian
T: 250.807.9109
Community borrower info
Alumni borrower info

University of the Fraser Valley (Abbotsford)
Nursing librarian
T: 604.504.7441 x 4240
Community borrower info

University of Northern British Columbia (Prince George)
Nursing librarian
T: 250.960.5195
Community and alunni borrower info

University of Victoria
Nursing librarian
T: 250.721.6161
Community and alumni borrower info

Vancouver Community College (Broadway Campus)
Nursing librarian
T: 604.871.7000 x 7385
Community and alumni borrower infos

Vancouver Island University (Nanaimo)
Nursing librariana
T: 250.753.3245, x 2091
Community and alumni borrower info

Most nurses can access library resources through their employers' or post-secondary institutions' libraries; the links are provided on the left.

If you are an NNPBC member, you can also access the Electronic Health Library of BC (eHLbc) through the NNPBC portal.​​