Educator update — newsletter

OCTOBER 2025

Seeking feedback: Draft HPOA bylaws

The new Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) will replace the Health Professions Act on April 1, 2026. To prepare for this change, BCCNM is redrafting our bylaws to align with the new legislation.

The draft bylaws are posted on our website. The draft bylaws will be released for consultation in groups for a 45-day period. We encourage you to review and provide any feedback that you may have during the consultation period.

REVIEW DRAFT BYLAWS

Cultural Safety and Humility—Redressing Harm

On Sep. 30, 2025, BCCNM released Redressing Harm to Indigenous Peoples in the Health-care System: Relational Accountability in Action. This year, we're focused on the principle of Relational Accountability within our work.

Check out new and updated learning resources

Check out our new and updated learning resources to support changes to the LPN, RN, and RPN scope of practice documents:

Know your scope: Navigating the controls on practice – new!
Nursing Competence – new!
Documentation – updated

Did you know? We have updated the learning resources page for educators—you can now find links to all available resources and learning formats in one place. Do you have feedback for us? Please use our intake form.

Engagement opportunities

BCCNM regularly consults with registrants and regulatory partners before making changes to scope, standards, and policies that impact nursing and midwifery in B.C. A few opportunities are listed below; check out our Engagement & insights webpage to see all activities.

Survey: Regulatory supervision of students and employed student registrants.
Exam development: RPN volunteers needed for RPNCE item development.
Exam development: NP volunteers needed for ongoing development of CNPE.

Entry-level competencies

Entry level competencies (ELCs) for RNs and LPN are currently being revised at the national level. BC registrants will be invited to provide feedback on the draft revised ELCs via survey and focus groups in winter 2025-26. Check the Engagements & insights webpage for details as they come.

Updating key contacts

The BCCNM Education Program Review (EPR) team maintains a list of key contacts for each approved education program. This list is used to communicate regulatory changes impacting educators and provide updates on the EPR process. If you need to update the contacts for your education program, please send us an email so we can update our records.

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Useful BCCNM links

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Cultural Safety and Humility resources
Learning resources: LPN, NP, RM, RN and RPN
Learning resources: educators and students
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