Category: GN

The Canadian Council of Practical Nurse Regulators (CCPNR) and the Canadian Council of Registered Nurse Regulators (CCRNR) are working together to update their respective entry-level competencies for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and Registered Nurses (RNs) across Canada. This collaboration will result in two documents: the updated entry-level competencies for Licensed Practical Nurses and the updated entry-level competencies for Registered Nurses. 

Entry-level competencies reflect the knowledge, skills, critical thinking and judgement expected of an entry-level licensed/registered practical nurse and registered nurse to provide safe, competent and ethical care. 

We invite you to share your insights by completing a short survey that will inform the update of the entry-level competencies for Licensed /Registered Practical Nurses and for Registered Nurses in Canada. Your responses will guide the steering committees in identifying what’s working well, where gaps exist, and what changes are needed to reflect current and emerging realities in nursing and health care.

Survey Details:

• Takes approximately 15 minutes to complete.
• Includes a save and continue option.
• Can be completed in English or French.
• Responses are confidential and reported only in aggregate form.

To complete the survey, visit: 

https://survey.alchemer-ca.com/s3/50381613/CCPNR-CCRNR-Registrant-Survey

Deadline to participate is August 15, 2025 at 5:00pm EST. 

Questions can be directed to Mariam Kilyana at mariam.kilyana@sensenous.ca.

Thank you for your valuable contribution to this important initiative for the CCPNR and CCRNR.

With the recent release of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Code of Ethics for Nurses 2025, we want to clarify which version applies to CRNS registrants.

For clarity, CRNS registrants will be held to the expectations within the CNA Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses, 2017, as it is the version approved by CRNS Council and the Ministry of Health and is referenced in CRNS Bylaw XV (p. 47).

While the newly released 2025 version may be used as a current, evidence-informed resource for ethical guidance, it is not the standard to which registrants are currently held, but rather aspirational.

As part of our commitment to align ethical expectations nationally, the CRNS is working towards implementing its own Code of Conduct. We appreciate your patience during this period of transition; more details will be shared as progress continues over the coming months.

CRNS Practice and Education Nursing Advisors are available to answer your questions. They can be contacted by phone at 1.800.667.9945 or 306.359.4227 or by email at practiceadvice@crns.ca.