Resources

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

Learning resources

Other BCCNM resources

Regulation of nurses—review the legislation that governs BCCNM, our bylaws and other useful documents relating to regulation and your role as a self-regulating professional.
Legislation Relevant to Nurses' Practice—a resource document that provides an overview of relevant legislation.

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:

Provincial Health Services Authority learning hub—LearningHub is open to health care employees, providers, affiliates, students and volunteers working at BC health care facilities.
Nurses and Nurse Practitioners Association of BC—professional development resources from the provincial nursing association
Canadian Nurses Association—professional development resources from the national nursing association
Canadian Nurses Protective Society—professional development resources from the professional liability provider for nurses (except LPNs)
BC Health Regulators—Achieving Competence in Collaborative Practice: Mini-Module Series

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 PHSA employees can access eHLbc databases via the PHSA intranet. Email Webpage 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 T: 604.599.3404 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.