Midwifery News

JULY 2024

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BCCNM introduces From Awareness to Action: Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility and Anti-Racism learning series 

The new modules support nurses and midwives to further learn and understand the principles of the standard in their practice. Once you complete these modules, you can include them as part of your professional development and self-assessment work to meet the annual QA requirements.

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Revisions to home birth standards

The BCCNM board approved several changes to RM home birth standards. Current home birth standards will be rescinded and replaced with a new standard, Home and Community Birth: Standards, Limits, and Conditions. Two guidelines will be rescinded, and corresponding revisions will be made to the RM Standards of Practice. These changes take effect Aug. 27, 2024.

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Action required: Access to Birth Roster platform ends July 31

The Birth Roster online platform will be taken offline on Aug. 1, 2024. You can extract the data you have entered until July 31, 2024; after this date, all data will be permanently deleted. Peer case review and specialized practice certification logs will remain a requirement and will continue to be available.

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Emergency response in British Columbia

BCCNM is accepting applications for temporary emergency registration (TER) to support health-care response related to environmental emergencies, such as wildfires or flooding. Non-practising registrants may be eligible to apply.

Practising registrants with BCCNM do not need temporary emergency registration. If you would like to assist with emergency response, please sign up for the Emergency Health Provider Registry.

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Inquiry, Discipline, and Monitoring updates

BCCNM publishes a variety of professional conduct notices on its website. These notices include consent agreements, Discipline Committee and Inquiry Committee notices, and Inquiry and Discipline hearing notices. While all of these notices are public information, only exceptional outcomes (i.e., Inquiry Committee order, Discipline order, hearing outcome) and circumstances (i.e., discipline hearing) are highlighted in registrant newsletters.

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