Learner Outcomes
Upon completion of the Practical Nursing Program, graduates will:
- Apply the current British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) LPN Entry-Level Competencies to provide safe, competent, culturally safe, and ethical care.
- Practise within current and relevant legislation and BCCNM LPN Professional Standards and Practice Standards, as set out by the Nurses and Midwives Regulation (effective April 1, 2026) and the Regulated Health Practitioners Regulation (effective April 1, 2026).
- Value and engage in continuous learning to maintain and enhance competence.
- Collaborate with other members of the health care team to meet the collective needs of their clients.
- Participate in interprofessional problem solving and decision making.
- Advocate for and facilitate change that reflects evidence‐informed practice.
- Make practice decisions that are client specific and consider client acuity, complexity, variability, and available resources.
- Demonstrate autonomous practice when using critical thinking, clinical judgment, and knowledge of assessment to plan, implement, and evaluate the agreed-upon plan of care.
- Develop collaborative relationships with clients by connecting, sharing, and exploring with them in a caring environment.
- Provide culturally safe, trauma-informed, and person‐centred care across the lifespan that recognizes, reflects, and respects diversity, equity, inclusion, and the uniqueness of each individual.
- Identify, address, prevent, and eliminate Indigenous-specific racism and facilitate safe health care experiences where Indigenous clients’ physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and cultural needs are recognized and met.
- Provide appropriate leadership, direction, delegation, assignment, and supervision of unregulated care providers.
- Identify one’s own values, biases, and assumptions, and how these influence therapeutic relationships with clients and interactions with other members of the health care team.
