Subsections of BCCNM Standards of Practice - Answers Professional Standards
Practice Standards
Scope of Practice Standards
Scope of Practice - Answers Based on the regulation of practice and sets out the activities that
LPNs are educated and authorized to perform if employer policy permits it, and if the LPN has
the competence
Four Professional Standards - Answers Responsibility and Accountability
Competency-based Practice
Client-Focused Provision of Services
Ethical Practice
Practice Standards - Answers Set out requirements for specific aspects of LPN practice. They
link with other BCCNM standards, policies and bylaws and all legislation relevant to LPN
practice.
Collaboration - Answers the action of working with someone to produce or create something
Competencies - Answers The knowledge, skills and attributes you can develop in every aspect
of your life
Consent - Answers permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
Critical thinking - Answers actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing,
synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation,
experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication
Ethics - Answers The principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions
Delegation - Answers assignment of the performance of activities or tasks related to patient
care to unlicensed assistive personnel while retaining accountability for the outcome
Evidence - Answers The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or
proposition is true or valid
Health - Answers a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity
Health Promotion - Answers the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to
improve, their health