Alberta - Canada Continuing Education Requirements

Formal continuing nursing education outside Canada (approval is required from the Registration Committee)

The Health Professions Act (HPA) requires CARNA to provide a continuing competence program for nurses. Nurses who hold a license/practice permit must meet the Continuing Competence Program (CCP) requirements as part of their annual registration renewal.

The CCP ensures that registrants engage in continual professional development, to maintain their competence and provide safe and competent care to the public.

There are three major steps. To begin each step, open MyCCP from MyCARNA.

Nurses must document the following and submit it to CARNA:

• A self-assessment of their nursing practice against the Practice Standards for Regulated Members.
• Constructive feedback that informs their learning goal for the year.
• A Practice Standards indicator that relates to their learning goal and feedback.
• A learning activity that met the learning goal identified by their feedback and chosen indicator.
• An evaluation of the impact their entire learning plan had on their nursing practice.
• Submit their plan in the online system and keep separate copies for their records.

A complete application includes:

• A continuing competence learning plan
• Completion of the Protecting Patients from Sexual Abuse and Misconduct Course
• Updating your employer information
• Reporting your practice hours (minimum of 1,125 required)
• Answering the eligibility questions
• Checking that you have read and understood the consent and declaration requirements
• Payment of your renewal fee

There are three parts
To begin each part, open MyCCP from MyCARNA.

PART ONE: PRACTICE REFLECTION
Practice Reflection helps you identify and address your unique professional learning needs to grow and improve your practice.

Enter these, in any order, in a new MyCCP record when you apply for a practice permit or to renew your practice permit:

Select a practice standards indicator based on a self-assessment of your own nursing practice.

Create a learning objective based on the practice standards indicator you chose.

PART TWO: CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Continuing Professional Development identifies the learning activities you completed and evaluates how your learning has influenced your practice. You can complete this part at any time during the practice year.
Report a learning activity that you engaged in, which supports the learning objective you developed during Practice Reflection.

Evaluate the influence your learning has had on your current practice.

PART THREE: COLLECTING FEEDBACK
Collect feedback from others about your practice.

Continuing competency instructions https://www.clpna.com/members/continuing-competency-program/