The College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Prince Edward Island (CLPNPEI) and the College of Registered Nurses and Midwives of Prince Edward Island (CRNMPEI) are exploring the creation of a new single regulatory body to oversee nursing and midwifery in PEI. As part of this exploration, a public consultation process is underway to help determine whether a single regulator would better serve the public interest.

Provide your input by March 18th

We’re seeking input from nurses, midwives, key healthcare partners and providers, other valued and interested organizations, and members of the public across PEI through this short, anonymous survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/nursingandmidwiferyPEI

The survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete and will remain open until Tuesday, March 18th, at 11:59 PM AST.

Your feedback is essential to ensure all perspectives are considered before any decisions are made.

Additional consultation opportunities

In addition to the survey, other consultation opportunities will be offered. Individuals and organizations will be contacted directly to participate in focus groups or one-on-one meetings. These discussions will provide space for more in-depth feedback and ensure a wide range of perspectives are considered throughout the process.

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Additional questions? Contact the Colleges by completing the contact form on the initiative website at nursingandmidwiferypei.ca.

Thank you for taking the time to share your insights.

Holland College willbe hosting a Routine Adult Venipuncture course on March 28^th from 9-4 pm at the Charlottetown Centre. 

Interested participants can apply online at Holland College | Routine Adult Venipuncture.

PEI Regulators CLPNPEI and CRNMPEI to explore Uniting to Establish a Single Nursing and Midwifery Regulator, find out more here.

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Effective November 23, 2024 the LPN Regulations were amended to remove the registration requirement which required applicants to successfully complete a jurisprudence examination when applying for a general registration or reinstating a registration. You may read the LPN Regulations here

LPNs may still access the jurisprudence learning module and exam as an identified learning goal. Completion of the learning module and exam is recognized as satisfying a learning goal for the annual CLPNPEI Continuing Competence Program. You can find further information here

Nov 29 – Dec 1, 2024, at the Delta Conference Center, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Please click here to visit the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada website to find out more and register for the event.

Communicating effectively in English or French is critical to providing safe nursing practice in Canada.  Language tests are one method to assess language proficiency. A key activity for a language proficiency test to be accepted is standard-setting.

Standard-setting procedures involve a scientific methodology and subject-matter experts’ consensus to establish and justify passing scores and to support the policy issue of how good a performance must be to be considered good enough. These cut- scores are used to determine if candidates have achieved the language proficiency standard required for practicing as Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) (referred to Registered Practical Nurses in Ontario only), and Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPNs) in Canada.

The Canadian Nurse Regulators Collaborative (CNRC), consisting of regulatory authorities that are responsible for ensuring nurses provide safe and ethical care in Canada, retained IntelliEval led by Dr. Eunice Jang to complete the standard-setting scores for two additional tests based on CNRC’s updated 2022 cut scores/benchmark levels for listening, reading, writing and speaking.   The Occupational English Test (OET) is an English language test for specific occupational purposes designed to assess the English language proficiency of foreign-trained healthcare professionals seeking to register and practice in an English-speaking environment.

Additionally, the Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic which is an English language test for specific occupational purposes designed to assess the English language proficiency of foreign-trained healthcare professionals seeking to register and practice in an English-speaking environment.

Consensus on the cutscores was based on multiple rounds of standard-setting exercises involving multiple methods for triangulation. The panelists carefully deliberated possible errors associated with testing themselves and their judgments.  

CNRC’s cut scores for both tests are scientifically defensible and align with the language demands required for safe, ethical, and effective nursing practice at the entry level. 

The CLPNPEI has updated our Reasonable Proficiency in English policy to reflect the new cut scores.

The College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Prince Edward Island is now part of the NNAS expedited service program, effective September 4, 2024. This development allows faster delivery of more efficient assessments, ensuring that advisory reports are issued to CLPNPEI within five days of receiving all necessary documents. Please click here to visit the NNAS website to find out more.

The CLPNPEI Continuing Competence Program (CCP) is a formal system assessing the ongoing knowledge, skills and judgment of all members. LPNs meet the requirements for CCP by declaring on their annual renewal form that they have and will continue to develop, implement and reflectively evaluate a learning plan over the upcoming year. Every year, the College randomly selects LPNs in the CCP audit process. If selected for the CCP audit LPNs are required to submit a copy of their learning plan from the previous year (the learning plan completed between April 1 2023 – March 31 2024). During the week of August 19, 2024 the LPNs who have been randomly selected will be notified via email and by registered mail. Please check your email account or log into the CLPNPEI member portal to view the “My Emails” section which keeps a record of all emails sent to LPNs through the member portal. LPNs who have been selected for the audit are provided thirty (30) days to submit their documents as this is a retrospective audit (LPNs have indicated their documents have been completed on their renewal forms) For more information related to the Continuing Competence Program please click here

Section 10(1) of the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) authorizes the CLPNPEI Council to establish bylaws related to the management and operation of the College which include procedures for making, amending and revoking bylaws. Bylaw changes were enacted by Council on June 26th, 2024 a summary of changes and the updated Bylaw document can be viewed here.

Venipuncture

Holland College is offering an Adult Routine Venipuncture course on August 23rd, 2024.

This one-day in-person course will consist of half a day of labs and half a day of lectures. The course is designed to provide nurses with the skills and knowledge required to obtain a peripheral venous blood sample from adults using syringe and vacutainer systems, at an entry-level practice.

The training will occur at our Charlottetown Centre on the corner of Weymouth and Kent. The next scheduled offering is August 23rd, 2024 from 9 am-4 pm. The cost of the course is $400 + HST. 

Eligible students must be LPNs, RNs, or MRTs.

Please contact

Emma Murray

Customized Training Coordinator

Holland College

902-566-9372

National Nursing Week is May 6-12, 2024, and this year’s theme is Changing Lives. Shaping Tomorrow.

This theme is developed by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and recognizes the tremendous impact that nurses have on individuals, communities, and the future of health care. The CLPNPEI Council and staff would like to acknowledge the leadership and continued commitment by LPNs to provide safe, competent and ethical care to Islanders. Their contribution makes a difference in the lives of their clients, families and colleagues.

Thank you to all of PEI’s Nurses for your courage and commitment.

Happy National Nursing Week!

Effective April 1, 2024, the LPN Regulations were amended to add “pharynx” to subclause 18(1)(c)(iii).

Licensed Practical Nurses in Prince Edward Island were already authorized to put an instrument, hand or finger beyond the point in the nasal passages where they normally narrow, and beyond the larynx, through the existing LPN Regulations.

The addition of “pharynx “ describes the anatomy between the point in the nasal passages where they normally narrow and the larynx, without changing the intention of the existing authorization.

The LPN Regulations subclause 18(1)(c)(iii), now indicates “beyond the pharynx or larynx”

Please click on the link to visit the Licensed Practical Nurse Regulations and refer to Section 18 to view the reserved activities that LPNs as a profession are authorized to engage in.

Holland College has announced a series of continuing education opportunities on foot care through their Customized Training Department. This education is only available to active practicing LPNs or RNs.

They have limited spacing available per offering so it will be first come first serve for seating. 

Please click on this link to visit the Holland College website to find out more

The CLPNPEI has adopted the Canadian Council of Practical Nurse Regulators (CCPNR) Code of Ethics for Licensed Practical Nurses in Canada, 2023 to become the Code of Ethics for LPNs in Prince Edward Island.

The new 2023 Code of Ethics will replace the existing Code of Ethics 2013.

The Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA), section 33 requires that a Council shall, by resolution, adopt a code of ethics governing the professional conduct of members. Section 2.6 of the College Bylaws states that in all its deliberations, the Council shall be guided by the principal that the protection of the public shall be of prime consideration; and that the CLPNPEI Code of Ethics, as approved by the Council, in accordance with the Act shall be at all times abided by Members and enforced by Council.

The Code of Ethics for Licensed Practical Nurses (2023) articulates fundamental principles that govern LPN practice and inform the LPN’s professional identity.  LPNs commit to and are held accountable for upholding the principles, and they serve to:

• Guide LPNs’ reflections and decision-making across all areas of practice,
• Inform the public about the ethical values and responsibilities of the LPN profession, and
• Convey the profession’s commitment to client safety and public protection.

LPNs’ primary responsibility is to the client within the context of a collaborative environment. In addition, LPNs apply the principles within the context of their responsibility to the public, the profession, colleagues, and themselves.  The term “client” refers to an individual (or their designated representative(s), families, and groups).

The six (6) principles state that LPNs will:

1. promote optimal health and well-being,
2. provide care that is physically, psychologically, and culturally safe,
3. provide and advocate for client dignity, autonomy, and self-determination,
4. develop therapeutic relationships while maintaining professional boundaries,
5. maintain personal well-being, and,
6. contribute to a healthy practice environment.

LPNs use the Code of Ethics for LPN Practice in conjunction with professional standards and competencies, organizational policies, and regulatory and legislative requirements that guide their practice and behaviour.  The indicators that accompany each principle describe ethical responsibilities and expected professional conduct in LPN practice. There is no order of priority; collectively, they reflect the LPNs’ overall commitment to providing safe care.

The principles are founded on the following:

• cultural humility and respect for the inherent dignity and rights of clients, colleagues, and LPNs;
• the promotion of optimal health and well-being;
• a commitment to trauma-informed practice and harm reduction;
• a commitment to contribute to truth and reconciliation through client autonomy and self-determination;
• care that is competent and safe; and
• equity of access to care for all clients.

Download a copy of the NEW Code of Ethics which will be effective January 1, 2024.

The CLPNPEI Council is pleased to announce the appointment of the following Councillors to the CLPNPEI Council for an initial three year term.

Paul Lalonde

Paul graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton University and obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from Queen’s University. He has practiced law as a management-side labour and employment lawyer for over 20 years and has been a partner at Emond Harnden LLP since 2013.  Paul resides with his family in Stanhope.

Khitam Taha

Khitam was born and raised in Israel. Immediately after finishing high school, she studied Pharmacy and special needs education. A few years into her professional career, she met her husband. The two of them would soon welcome their first child and six more children would follow. She is the proud mother of seven. In 2007, Khitam and her family immigrated to Canada. Adjusting to the new culture and language was difficult but also very rewarding.  In 2011, she felt confident enough with her English and enrolled in the Holland College Practical Nursing program. She graduated in 2013 and started working at Prince County Hospital in the surgical unit. She also took a position as a clinical instructor at Holland College. For over ten years, she has held both positions. She is proud and confident to say that she has dedicated her professional career to the field of nursing. She has also participated on different committees, such as Occupational Health and Safety, and chairperson of the UPSE education committee. A position which she has held for two years. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, visiting her children at their universities, and volunteering for various organizations. such as the “newcomers” organization.

Kacey Lamphier

Kacey graduated from UPEI in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and later from Holland College as a Practical Nurse in 2016. She has worked at both Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Prince County Hospital and is always looking for ways to grow in her career. She’s looking forward to her term as councillor. She currently lives in Lot 16 with her partner and daughter. 

The CLPNPEI Council is also pleased to advise that three CLPNPEI Councillors, Anthony Carroll, Caroline Pardy and Tim Goddard have each been re-appointed for a second, three year term. The CLPNPEI Council is constantly evolving and looks forward to existing, newly appointed and re-appointed Councillors carrying out its work and governing its members in a manner that serves and protects the public interest.

You can find out more about the CLPNPEI Council here

Effective October 21, 2023, new subsection 18(3) of the Licensed Practical Nurses Regulations authorize a LPN to administer by any means a vaccine prescribed by a person authorized to practise as a pharmacist under the laws of this province. This amendment facilitates the effective utilization of LPNs in further practice environments in Prince Edward Island, enabling even more access to safe competent and ethical healthcare for Islanders. Please click on the link to visit the Licensed Practical Nurse Regulations and refer to Section 18(3).

Holland College is offering a Venipuncture course starting on November 21st from 9-4 pm at the Charlottetown Center at 140 Weymouth St.

Please click here to find out more

This practice directive is a document created collaboratively with the College of Registered Nurses & Midwives of Prince Edward Island (CRNMPEI) to assist nurses in understanding their responsibilities and legal obligations when providing nursing services in a self-employed practice. To find out more please click here