What are the Canadian requirements for continuing nursing education?
Currently, none of the regulatory bodies in Canada have specific continuing education requirements for practising registered nurses. The regulatory bodies do not assess continuing education programs to assign C.E.U.s (continuing education units). Nurses in Canada do keep records of participation in continuing education for purposes of maintaining specialty certification and in British Columbia and Ontario for continuing competence programs. In most provinces and territories, nurses who have not practised for a specified number of hours within a specified time limit must take a refresher course before being given permission to return to work in nursing.
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