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LPN News

• Updated Code of Ethics for LPNs
• Competency Profile Removal: Frequently Asked Questions
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Reinstating Registration
• Registration Renewal 2024
• The Alberta LPN Competency Profile Will Be Archived in 2025
• Council Connections: November 2024
• Modules Support Nursing Competence
• Professional Communication in Nursing
• Website Survey: Provide Your Feedback
• Practice Corner:
  Does the CLPNA Require CPR certification?
• Hearing Notice: Jason Soundara, #37246
• Hearing Notice: Maria Pilar Diga, #35141
• Hearing Notice: Kayla O’Brien, #48577
• Changes to Restrictions on Spinal and Epidural Therapy
• Practice Corner: Can an LPN administer a Papanicolaou (Pap) test?
• Registration Renewal FAQ: Do I need to renew my insurance annually?
• Hearing Notice: Dawit Bifti, #43161
• Council Connections: September 2024
• Practice Corner: Is There a List of Medications that LPNs Are Allowed to Administer?
• Hearing Notice: Mohammad Rashed, #35389
• Hearing Notice: Casandra Mehok, #46836
• Council Connections: August 2024
• Practice Corner: Does the CLPNA Offer Training for Specific Clinical Activities?
• Learn What LPNs Said in the 2023 Registrant Survey
• New Module: Determining LPN Scope of Practice
• Hearing Notice: Tammy Becker, #23246
• Registration Renewal Opens September 9, Closes November 30
• Self-Employed Practice: A Guide for LPNs
• Practice Corner:
  Can LPNs Administer Medications via IV Direct Push?
• Thomas S. Kent Named Newest Public Member of CLPNA Council
• Available Now: 2023 Annual Report
• CLPNA Strategic Update 2023
• Council 2023 Year in Review
• Mandatory Education Requirement Due Nov. 30, 2025

HCA News

• Steps Towards HCA Regulation in 2023
• HCAs in Alberta: Statistics from the 2023 CLPNA Annual Report
• HCA Regulation: Preparing for a New Profession
• Talking to You: An Update from the HCA Forums
• An Update on HCA Regulation

LPN Knowledge Hub

• Self-Assessment in LPN Practice
• Understanding the Difference: Observation, Assessment, and Diagnosis
• Caregiver-Centered Care Champions Module
• Continuing Care Act
• Determining LPN Scope of Practice (module)
• Scope of Practice: What You Need to Know
• How to Use the LPN Practice Decision Making Tool
• Determining LPN Scope of Practice
• Verification of Employment
• Communication in Nursing
• Practice Hours Audit Guide
• Understanding the Difference: Regulator, Association, Union, and Employer
• *How to Access the CLPNA’s Learning Modules
• Complaints Process Series
• Determining Licensed Practical Nurse Scope of Practice
• Alberta PN Jurisprudence
• Reusable & Single-Use Medical Devices Standards
• Prevention of Staff Abuse
• Health Assessment
• Privacy Legislation Micro-Module
• Nursing Practice Self-Assessment Tool
• Connecting Regulation to LPN Practice Micro-Module
• What is a Restricted Activity?
• Medication Management (module)
• Standards of Practice for Licensed Practical Nurses in Canada
• Immunization Regulation
• Decision-Making Standards for Nurses in the Supervision of Health Care Aides
• Virtual Healthcare
• Understanding the Difference: Regulator, Association, Union, and Employer
• Understanding the Standards of Practice for Restricted Activities, Advanced Practice and Supervision
• Understanding Personal Directives
• Understanding Goals of Care Designations (GCDS) and Conversations
• Understanding and Communicating with Older Adults
• Unconscious Bias
• The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta
• Substantial Equivalence
• Standards of Practice on the Continuing Competence Program
• Standards of Practice on Restricted Activities, Advanced Practice, and Supervision
• Standards of Practice for Licensed Practical Nurses on Boundary Violations
• Social Media and e-Professionalism Guideline for Nurses
• Self-Employed Practice
• Respectful Workplaces – Building Healthy Relationships
• Resilience in Nursing
• Resilience – A Mindset for Wellness
• Research Funding
• Registration Service Standards
• Refresher Program Eligibility
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• PTSD Awareness and Mental Health & Wellness Strategies for LPNs
• PTSD Awareness and Mental Health & Wellness Strategies
• Provisional Registration
• Protection for Persons in Care Act
• Protection for Persons in Care
• Protecting Patients from Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct
• Professional Responsibility and Accountability
• Professional Boundaries – What LPNs Need to Know
• Professional Boundaries
• Privacy Legislation in Alberta
• Privacy Legislation in Alberta
• Legal Issues in Nursing Series: Five Most Common Allegations of Nursing Negligence
• Legal Issues in Nursing Series: Stages of a Lawsuit
• Legal Issues in Nursing Series: Four Factors Necessary to Prove Nursing Negligence
• Privacy Legislation Flowchart
• Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
• Personal Directives Act
• Legal Issues in Nursing Series: Let’s Talk about Nursing Litigation
• Pandemic Characteristics and Response Measures
• Palliative Care Series
• Palliative Care – Essential Tools for Licensed Practical Nurses
• Palliative Care – Dealing with Dyspnea
• Palliative Care – Communication and Support
• Ongoing History of Alberta’s Licensed Practical Nurses
• Occupational Health & Safety
• LPN Practice Decision Making Tool
• Nurses in Independent Practice
• Non-Medical Cannabis
• Non-Ionizing Radiation
• Narcotics Control Regulation
• Naloxone and the Role of the Licensed Practical Nurse in Alberta
• Medication Management
• Medication Drug Calculations
• LPN Role in Bringing a Personal Directive into Effect
• Long COVID: Supporting Patient Care (2023)
• Code of Ethics for LPNs
• Long COVID: Supporting Patient Care (2022)
• Licensed Practical Nurses Profession Regulation
• Integrating Spirituality into Care
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Immunization Regulation Duties
• Immunization Practice & Regulation
• Health Professions Restricted Activity Regulation
• Health Information Act
• Immunization
• Harm Reduction – Theory & Practice
• Green Sleeve Documents and Processes
• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP)
• Fitness to Practice and HPA Definition of “Incapacitated”
• Fetal Heart Monitoring
• Falls Prevention
• Eye Health: Providing a Lens for LPNS
• Expectations and Obligations During Emergencies
• Evidence-Informed Practice
• Establishment of a New Practical Nurse Program
• English Language Proficiency
• Engaging Nursing to Diminish Ageism
• Education Program Reviews
• Ear Syringing
• Duty to Report
• Duty to Report
• Documentation
• Documentation
• Dispensing: Administration of Pass and Bridge Medications
• Cultural Competence and Inclusive Practice
• Council Policy on the Certification of CPNRE Results
• Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (S.C. 1996, c. 19)
• Continuing Competence Program Guide
• Continuing Competence Program for CLPNA Registrants
• Continuing Competence Program Audit Rubric
• Continuing Care Health Service Standards (Alberta Health)
• Continence and Mobility
• Connecting Regulation to LPN Professional Practice
• Confront, Address and Prevent Disruptive Behavior and Bullying in the Workplace
• Confidentiality
• Conditions on a Practice Permit at Registration or Renewal
• Addressing Co-Worker Abuse in the Workplace
• Competency Profile for LPNs, 5th Edition
• Communication Strategies to Support People Living with Dementia
• Collaborative Practice in Nursing
• Collaborative Practice in Nursing
• Cognitive Impairment
• Code of Ethics for Licensed Practical Nurses
• CLPNA Bylaws
• Client & Co-Worker Abuse
• Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act (Alberta)
• CCPNR Entry-Level Competencies for LPNs
• Caregiver-Centered Care: Partnering with Family Caregivers During a Pandemic
• Caregiver-Centered Care: Competency-Based Education for LPNs
• Caregiver-Centered Care: Foundational Learning
• CARE Special History Edition
• Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination Accommodations
• Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination (CPNRE) Attempts
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety: OHS Answers
• Bill 21: An Act to Protect Patients (from Sexual Misconduct or Abuse)
• Aesthetic Nursing Practice – Regulatory Matters for Alberta’s Nurses
• Injectable Aesthetic Therapies
• Advanced Caregiver-Centered Care
• Advanced Care Planning Series
• Advanced Care Planning and Personal Directives
• Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act
• Administration of Nitrous Oxide
• Administering Parenteral Nutrition
• Administering Medications via CVC, PICC, and IVAD 
• Administering Diagnostic Imaging Contrast Agents
• Administering Blood and Blood Products: Transfusion
• Health Professions Act
• Declarations and Registration Requirements
• Actively Engaged Requirements for Registration
• Data & Research

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