Alberta - Canada Continuing Education Requirements

Alberta RNs renew an annual practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30 for the practice year beginning Oct. 1.
The Health Professions Act requires CRNA to provide a continuing competence program. Registrants who hold a practice permit and provide nursing services during the practice year must meet Continuing Competence Program (CCP) requirements and attest to completion at renewal (keep records for five years; submit only if audited).
CCP includes self-assessment against Practice Standards, peer/colleague feedback, a learning plan tied to a Practice Standards indicator, a learning activity, evaluation/reflection, and any CRNA-required education.
Currency of practice (not CE contact hours): at least 450 nursing practice hours in the 2 practice years before application or at least 1,125 hours (or another approved pathway) within the 5 practice years before application.

Continuing Competence Program (CCP) — required annually if you held a practice permit and provided nursing services during the practice year:

• Self-assessment against CRNA Practice Standards
• Documented feedback from a colleague/stakeholder
• Learning plan tied to a Practice Standards indicator
• Learning activity, implementation assessment, and reflection
• Any CRNA-required education
• Retain records for five years

Currency of practice: ≥450 nursing practice hours in the prior 2 practice years or ≥1,125 hours (or another approved pathway) within the prior 5 practice years.
CRNA does not set a fixed number of continuing-education contact hours for RN permit renewal.

Continuing competency instructions https://www.clpna.com/members/continuing-competency-program/

There are three parts
To begin each part, open MyCCP from MyCARNA.

PART ONE: PRACTICE REFLECTION
Practice Reflection helps you identify and address your unique professional learning needs to grow and improve your practice.

Enter these, in any order, in a new MyCCP record when you apply for a practice permit or to renew your practice permit:

Select a practice standards indicator based on a self-assessment of your own nursing practice.

Create a learning objective based on the practice standards indicator you chose.

PART TWO: CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Continuing Professional Development identifies the learning activities you completed and evaluates how your learning has influenced your practice. You can complete this part at any time during the practice year.
Report a learning activity that you engaged in, which supports the learning objective you developed during Practice Reflection.

Evaluate the influence your learning has had on your current practice.

PART THREE: COLLECTING FEEDBACK
Collect feedback from others about your practice.