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Centres for Nursing Excellence

The Centres for Nursing Excellence offer nursing, at The Ottawa Hospital, the competitive edge in pursuit of ongoing knowledge development. Success of any individual, team or organization is directly linked to the acceptance of life long learning as an integral part of professionalism. The mandate of the Centres is to integrate information technology into practice. 

The Centres for Nursing Excellence provide state-of-the-art computer access; interactive computer programs; nursing consultant support; literature search capability; access to the latest clinical practice guidelines to support evidence-based practice. Information concerning education, research and quality activities is posted. 

The Centres, located at the Civic and General Campuses house these innovations within a centralized, visible location, with dedicated space for nurses to meet and work collaboratively on professional practice issues. The Centres for Nursing Excellence support scholarship, which is the discovery, application and integration of new knowledge into the discipline of nursing and professionalism, the action of being accountable for one's practice.

Through the use of information technology the Centres encourage nurses to create, implement and evaluate innovative strategies within all domains of Nursing practice. These activities help to facilitate excellence in patient care at The Ottawa Hospital.

Additional Resources

• Medical Library (Nursing Collection at each Campus)
• Nurse Educators assigned to clinical units
• Nursing Professional Practice Staff 
• Advanced Practice Nurses in Gerontology, Metabolism, Oncology and Women's Health