The Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills initiates and oversees reviews of the Health Care Assistant (HCA), Access to Practical Nursing (APN), and Practical Nursing (PN) curriculum guides. BCcampus leads the project management of these reviews under the ministry’s direction.
Currently, BCcampus is project managing a major review of the HCA, APN, and PN provincial curricula. These reviews are scheduled to take place every five years to ensure the curricula remain in alignment with the standards of practice and competencies as determined by the British Columbia College of Nurses & Midwives (PN and APN curricula) and the B.C. Health Care Assistants Core Competency Profile (HCA curriculum).
As part of this revision cycle, the current HCA, APN, and PN curriculum guides and supplemental materials will be published with Pressbooks on opentextbc.ca.
Resources
Health Care Assistant
Provincial Curriculum Guide
The Health Care Assistant Program Provincial Curriculum (2023) is now available in Pressbooks.
- Health Care Assistant Program Provincial Curriculum 2023
- A detailed list of revisions made can be found in the Revisions Manual: 2023 Revisions to the HCA Provincial Curriculum, found in Appendix 3 of the HCA Provincial Curriculum 2023.
- The 2023 Recommendations and Rationale: Completed Revisions to the HCA Provincial Curriculum 2023 can be found in Appendix 2 of the HCA Provincial Curriculum 2023.
Supplement
Revisions to the Health Care Assistant Program: Supplement is currently underway. It is expected that the newly revised Supplement will be published in early summer 2024.
- The Health Care Assistant Program: Supplement to the Provincial Curriculum Guide (revised 2021) is now available in Pressbooks. Supplement materials, such as video resources, can be found through this link under “Supplementary materials.”
Practical Nursing
Provincial Curriculum Guide
The Practical Nursing Program Provincial Curriculum (2023) is currently being revised and will be published in Pressbooks upon completion.
- Current 2011 Practical Nursing Program Provincial Curriculum Guide 2nd Edition Revised 2017
- The 2023 Proposed Changes to the 2011 Practical Nursing and the 2012 Access to Practical Nursing Curriculum Guides summary report is now available.
Supplement
Revisions to the PN Supplement will begin once the curriculum revisions have been finalized.
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Access to Practical Nursing
Provincial Curriculum Guide
The Access to Practical Nursing Program Provincial Curriculum (2023) is currently being revised and will be published in Pressbooks upon completion.
- Current 2012 Access to Practical Nursing Program Provincial Curriculum Guide 2nd Edition Revised 2017
- The 2023 Proposed Changes to the 2011 Practical Nursing and the 2012 Access to Practical Nursing Curriculum Guides summary report is now available.
Supplement
Revisions to the APN Supplement will begin once the curriculum revisions have been finalized.
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Revision Process
Curriculum
This graphic provides a high-level description of the process for the HCA, APN, and PN curricula revisions.
Supplement
The graphic provides a high-level description of the process for the HCA supplement revision project.
