Continuing Education

For Educational Providers: Make your educational programs more appealing to nurses by having the ILNA Point Categories identified for your offerings. Complete the ILNA Coding Request form to be approved to include ILNA coding when promoting your program. Download the form here.

CNE or NCPD? The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), an accrediting body for nursing education, changed the term continuing nursing education (CNE) to nursing continuing professional development (NCPD). ANCC-approved educational providers began using the new term in 2020. ONCC accepts both CNE and NCPD for initial certification or renewal points as long as the credit is approved by an acceptable accreditor of nursing education.

Acceptable Accreditors/Approval Bodies of Nursing Continuing Education

Continuing education programs in nursing must be approved by an acceptable accreditor to be used for initial certification or renewal points. Refer to this list of acceptable accreditors. 

The certificate awarded for a program must contain an accreditation statement such as: "The [name of organization] is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing education by the [name of accrediting body]." You may also find this information in the promotional information for a program.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
European Oncology Nursing Society
International Association for Continuing Education & Training (IACET)
Joint Accreditation Interprofessional Continuing Education - The program must specify the number of credit hours provided by ACCME, ANCC, or ACPE.
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH)
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners (NAPNAP)
National League for Nursing (NLN)
Royal College of Nursing
State Boards of Nursing in Alabama, California, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, and West Virginia
State Nurses Associations
Wisconsin Society for Health Education and Training (WISHET)

Note: Oncology Nursing Society and Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurses are providers of accredited continuing education programs, not accreditors. ONS and APHON continuing education offerings are often accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC); some offerings are accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Please review the accreditation information for any program you are considering. 

Examples of Acceptable Continuing Medical Education (CME)* Accreditors

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
Mainpro
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
State Medical Societies

Acceptable Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) accreditors:
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education

*CME may be used for renewal points. However, for initial certification eligibility, no more than 5 of the 10 required contact hours may be CME

Note: Candidates who received their nursing education or nursing license outside of the United States, its territories, or Canada must have their education and licensure evaluated for U.S. equivalency by a foreign credential evaluation service.

Online Continuing Education Resources

Earn nursing continuing education (CE) credits from many websites, journals, and organizations. Check the accreditation of each offering. Some providers award multiple types of credit and the type of credit may vary among offerings.

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO University)
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences
Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses
Axis Medical Education
Blood Cancer United
Centers for Disease Control (Training and Continuing Education Online)
Clinical Care Options
Homestead Schools
i3Health
InPractice
JADPRO Live (Online Educational Activities)
Lippincott Nursing Center/CE Connection
Medical Educator Consortium
MedPage Today
Medscape
Mycme.com
National Cancer Survivorship Resource Center E-Learning Series
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
NetCE
Nurse.com
The Oncology Nurse
Oncology Nurse Advisor
Oncology Nursing News
Oncology Nursing Society
Optum Health Education
PearlsReview
PeerView Press
Physicians' Education Resource
Pri-med.com
Prime Inc.
Prime Oncology
Research to Practice
RN.com
Society for Translational Oncology (The Oncologist)
Western Schools
Wild Iris Medical Education
Wiley Health Learning

Journals

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nursing