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Article: Framework Will Assist in Determining Eligibility of Nurse Practitioner Applicants
- Article from:
- Nursing BC
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia Apr 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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RNABC's Board of Directors has approved a Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition Framework for use in determining the eligibility for initial registration of nurse practitioner applicants who have not graduated from a nurse practitioner program in British Columbia. This will include nurse practitioners registered or educated in other jurisdictions who seek registration in B.C. as well as those registered nurses who have been working in nurse practitioner-like roles without formal nurse practitioner education.
Nurse practitioners will be deployed in B.C.'s health care system in 2005 and will be regulated by the College of Registered Nurses of B.C. (CRNBC), ...