The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) received funding from the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) of Health Canada for a two-year project (2004-2006) to develop a nursing portal to support the on-going competence and professional development of nurses in Canada. A portal is a single-access gateway or entry point to a collection of resources and services via the Internet. As part of the Canadian Nurses Portal Project and to prepare nurses and the nursing environment for the Canadian Nurses Portal, now called NurseONE, CNA committed to creating an e-nursing strategy for Canadian nurses.