BCCNM is making changes to its Supervised Practice Experience (SPE) program for nursing applicants. These changes align nursing designations under a single policy, and are intended to improve clarity, consistency, and safety across the program.
These changes take effect
Sept. 1, 2026.
For nursing applicants, the main updates are:
- reducing the recent practice eligibility criteria for RNs and RPNs
from 10 years to 5 years,
- clarifying that applicants for reinstatement
must be employed by the sponsoring agency,
- increasing
flexibility in practice settings and specifying
requirements for preceptors.
Learning plans will also be required to include cultural safety, cultural humility, anti-racism, and infection control.
Why the changes?
These changes are intended to support a more consistent and transparent process, better reflect current practice, and provide clearer expectations for applicants, sponsoring agencies, supervisors, and preceptors.
The BCCNM website has been updated to reflect these changes. We encourage you to review the revised content (LPN,
RN,
RPN) and share it with others in your organization who support applicants through the SPE process.
Please note that BCCNM is currently working on an SPE plan for midwives and will share this is information as soon as it's available.
Questions?
Email
registrationmonitoring@bccnm.ca.