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Practice Standards

For registered nurses

The primary purpose of the Practice Standards is to guide and direct nurses' practice. ​They set out levels of performance that BCCNM nurse registrants are required to achieve in their practice.

Standard Title
Last Updated
LEARNING​ Resources

Boundaries in the Nurse-Client Re​​lationship

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Aug. 13, 2018

Communicable Diseases: Preventing Nurse-to-Client Transmission

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Jan. 1, 2013

Conflict​​ of Interest

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March 1, 2020

Co​​​nsent

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May 18, 2020

Delegation to Unregulated Care Providers  new! 

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Jan. 26, 2023

Document​​ation

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Nov. 1, 2023​

Duty to Provide​​ Care

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July 22, 2019

Duty to Re​port

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July 22, 2019

Employed Student Registrants

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July 27, 2020

​​​​Indigenous Cultural​ Safety, Cultural Humility, and Anti-racism 

View | Dow​nload PDF​​ [4 pages | 143 KB]​​​​​​

​Feb. 25, 2022

Medica​​tion   new! 

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Oct. 23, 2023

Privacy and Confidentiality​

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July 22, 2019

Regulatory Supervision of Stude​​nts

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July 27, 2020

Us​​e of Title  new! 

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Nov. 1, 2023​



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