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Education Program Review

​Education is the foundation of safe and ethical midwifery and nursing practice. BCCNM reviews and recognizes midwifery and nursing education programs in B.C. to ensure they meet the education standards and indicators approved by the board. Graduates from a BCCNM recognized program meet the education requirements for registration with BCCNM.
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​​​Entry-level competencies

Entry-level competencies reflect the knowledge skills and judgement required of nurses or midwives in Canada to provide safe, competent, ethical and compassionate care. The entry-level competencies below outline the essential competencies that nurses or midwives must possess in order to begin practice.​
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Requisite skills and abilities

​​British Columbians expect the health care system to provide them with safe care and support them to become as healthy as possible. Meeting these expectations (safe care & support) that requires nurses be educated so that they are able to provide safe, competent and ethical nursing care.​​​​
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Learning resources

We have resources for educators in addition to resources for nurses and midwives.​
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Newsle​tter

BCCNM E​​​ducator Update is a quarterly update on college news and initiatives that may imp​​​act education programs. ​​
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We acknowledge the rights and title of the First Nations on whose collective unceded territories encompass the land base colonially known as British Columbia. We give specific thanks to the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking peoples the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh-ulh Sníchim speaking Peoples the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), on whose unceded territories BCCNM’s office is located. We also give thanks for the medicines of these territories and recognize that laws, governance, and health systems tied to these lands and waters have existed here for over 9000 years.

We also acknowledge the unique and distinct rights, including rights to health and wellness, of First Nations, Inuit​ and Métis peoples from elsewhere in Canada who now live in British Columbia. As leaders in the settler health system, we acknowledge our responsibilities to these rights under international, national, and provincial law.​