In North America, some continuing education organizations and university departments offer CE courses in certified nursing-related subjects. Let us take a look at these course providers and their courses.

The Chicago Rehabilitation Institute offers online short-term CE courses in many nursing-related fields.

eContinuing Medical Education [eCME] provides a free online medical library and a highly interactive list of continuing medical education [CME] courses on its website at http://www.ecme.com. The site recommends http://www.astrazeneca-us.com and http://www.astrazeneca.co.uk for nurses in the United States and the United Kingdom. In addition, the site contains links to professionals from other countries. By visiting the relevant website, you can immediately view the course demo, visit the local eCME program or register for any local or global course. These sites include an email alert service when introducing new courses. Most of their courses require the animation software "flash", which can be downloaded for free from the website.

New York-based Cicatelli Associates Incorporated is one of the major players in the field and has an interesting website http://www.cicatelli.org. The company offers courses through live chat, satellite radio, conference calls, video conferencing and CD-ROM. The site contains many related links on its home page. One of them is connected to their online course catalog.

According to the Drexel University website, its School of Nursing and Health has been offering online CE courses since 1997. The website has links to any clarifications about the university or its courses. All the user has to do is enter the relevant question, for example, "Is Drexel certified?" in the link.

In addition to Drexel, there are also very popular online CE courses at the University of Phoenix, Walden University, and Kaplan University. Traditionally, Johns Hopkins University and other prestigious universities continue to offer excellent CE programs that attract nurses from different countries around the world.

Nursing continuing education provider was originally published on Spring