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Engagement & insights


​Engaging with our registrants, the public, and other key partners is essential for our decision-making processes.  Our engagement activities are intended to foster me​​aningful dialogue, collaboration, and partnership with registrants, the public, and interest groups to contribute to inclusive, responsive, and relevant governance.​

BCCNM uses a range of engagement methods and tools—such as surveys, focus groups, online forums, social media, and community events—to reach different audiences and facilitate participation.  As part of our engagement program, we respect the privacy and confidentiality of individuals' personal information collected during engagement activities by​​ adhering to relevant laws, regulations, and best practices for data protection and security.​​​​


​Survey: Consultation on Regulatory Supervision of Students for Nurses practice standard ​

BCCNM invites you to share your feedback on revised practice standards for Regulatory Supervision of Students for Nurses​​​. This survey will close on Jan. 2, 2026. Your feedback will inform changes to improve clarity and develop learning resources.

​Survey: Consultation on NE​W Regulatory Supervision of Students for Midwives​ practice standard 

As part of the transition to the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA), BCCNM has drafted a new practice standard, Regulatory Supervision of Students for Midwives. This practice standard aims to clarify responsibilities when midwives authorize students to perform activities under the HPOA. 

BCCNM invites you to share your feedback on the new practice standard. This survey will close on Jan​. 2, 2026. Your feedback will inform changes to improve clarity and develop learning resources.

​Survey: Consultation on Com​municable Diseases: Preventing Nurse-to-Client Transmission practice standard 

BCCNM invites​ you to share your feedback on the revised Communicable Diseases: Preventing Nurse-to-Client Transmission practice standard. This survey will close on Dec. 8, 2025. Your feedback will inform changes to improve clarity and develop learning resources.

​​Survey: Consultation on Employed Student Registrants practice standard 

BCCNM invites you to share your feedback on the revised Employed Student Registrants practice standard. This survey will close on Jan. 2, 2026. Yo​ur feedback will inform changes to improve clarity and develop learning resources.

Proposed changes to currency requirements​

BCCNM would like to invite midwives to share their feedback on proposed changes to currency requirements. Currently, midwives must meet currency requirements to maintain practising licensure. We are considering two new options for keeping midwives’ skills current. This anonymous survey will take 10 minutes to complete and will close on Dec. 12, 2025.

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Particip​ate in BCCNM's research activities

If you haven't yet sig​ned up to participate in BCCNM research activities and/or third-party search activities, sign into your account to change your settings on the Stay Connected panel. Research activities include surveys, focus groups, pilot studies, advisory panels, etc. Sign up»

Consider joining a BCCNM com​​mittee

Committees play an important role in BCCNM’s work. They typically comprise both members of the public and registrants​. We're always accepting applications from nurses, midwives, and members of​​ the public.  Learn more»​​​​

Insights

​Survey results: regulatory supervision of nursing students​

​Surve​​y results: Boundaries and conflicts of interest

​Pro​​​​vider responsibilities in client care and access

Thought leadership paper: regulatory amalgamation

Becoming a single r​​​egulator: ​​BCCNM's amalg​​​am​​ation journey

  • June 2​025
  • Rea​​​d the paper

​Sur​​vey results: Consultation, Referral and Transfer of Care practice standard for midwives​

​Survey results: Docum​​​entation, Privacy & Confidentiality, and Consent practice standards

​Survey results: Delegating to unregulated care providers​

​R​M survey results: rescinding scope, philosophy of care documents​

LPN, RN, and RPN practice standards

​Draft standards for advanced activities for LPNs, RNs, and RPNs​

RN and RPN screening and diagnostic testing & imagi​​ng

Homebirth practices​

​Indige​nous Cultural Safety, Cu​ltural Humility and Anti-Racism​ pra​ctice standard ​

  • December 2023
    Review the survey results (PDF)
  • Engage with new cultural ​safety  e-Learning series​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Vancouver, BC  V6C 1S4
Canada

info@bccnm​.ca
604.742.6200​
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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.​