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NOVEMBER 2023

Unshakeable confidence in nursing and midwifery care

 
 
 

Unauthorized practice of midwifery

BCCNM is aware of individuals unlawfully practising midwifery. This includes providing prenatal care, attending labours, delivering babies, and managing home births when not permitted to do so. Unauthorized providers present significant risk to the public, and to the health and lives of birthing persons and their babies.

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Do you have enough prescription pads?

Please submit prescription pad orders by Dec. 18, 2023 and ensure you have enough pads to last over the holiday break. Controlled prescription pad orders will not be processed between Dec. 19, 2023 and Jan. 2, 2024.

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Register for the AGM by Nov. 27

We did not receive any formal resolutions from the board or registrants. If you wish to ask a question to be addressed at the AGM on Nov. 29, please send it to board@bccnm.ca.

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2023 BCCNM board election is underway!

All registrants in good standing can vote in this online election. Be sure to vote by 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 10. There are two contested board positions to be filled.

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New certified practice for opioid use disorder

A new designation of certified practice allows RNs and RPNs to diagnose and treat opioid use disorder. This includes prescribing controlled drugs and substances. Effective Nov. 1, 2023.

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Inquiry, Discipline, and Monitoring updates


BCCNM publishes a variety of professional conduct notices on its website. These notices include consent agreements, Discipline Committee and Inquiry Committee notices, and Inquiry and Discipline hearing notices. While all of these notices are public information, only exceptional outcomes (i.e., Inquiry Committee order, Discipline order, hearing outcome) and circumstances (i.e., discipline hearing) are highlighted in registrant newsletters.

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UPCOMING HEARINGS

 

Office closed

BCCNM's office will be closed on Monday, Nov. 13 for Remembrance Day. We will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

 
 
 

 

 

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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, Métis, and Inuit 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.​