Nursing Continuing Professional Development (CNE)

Nursing professional development and continuing education builds upon the education of nurses through their careers to ensure quality of health care. 

SNPD and CNE Provider Unit 4002634 Mission and Vision:
To foster the art and science of healthcare professionalism by advocating for lifelong learning of evidenced based practice and staff development.

Ochsner Health System- System Nursing Professional Development is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Louisiana State Nurses Association - Approver, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. LSNA Provider No. 4002634

All CNE Courses provided by Ochsner Health qualify for Ochsner Internal Professional Development (TM ) Credits. To have these credits recorded on your OLN transcript:

1. Check that the credits are not already on your OLN Transcript. All “NCPD On Demand” courses and any course where registration was in OLN will already have credits granted.
2. If you do not see the course name and credits on your transcript, you may email your CNE certificate to OLN@ochner.org to request the credits added to your transcript.

System Nursing Professional Development Annual CNE Courses – FREE TO ALL OCHSNER EMPLOYEES! 

Monthly CNE Course Listing

Annual CNE Course Listing

OnDemand CNE (OLN) 

Leadership Café

Preceptor Café

Preceptor Excellence Forum

Preceptor Academy                                                

Nurse Talk Series

NCPD Resources (Ochsner Internal Use ONLY)

NCPD Promotional Flyers

NCPD Nurse Planner Forms

Journal Club Support from Ochsner Medical Library 

Link to Your CNE Certificates

View Certificates

Contact System Primary Nurse Planner: Dawn Bernard BSN, RN

Email: dawn.bernard@ochsner.org