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CARNA exists so that the public is assured of safe, competent, ethical nursing care and excellence in nursing practice.
Learning opportunities
Learning modules
Advance your practice with our interactive online learning modules.
Case studies
Case studies bring our standards, guidelines and policy decisions to life through short, realistic situations.
Webinars
CARNA's live webinars offer knowledge-sharing and training on a variety of topics. Webinars are recorded for future viewing.
Events and conferences
Find information on upcoming conferences, meetings, education sessions, regional events or our annual awards gala.
Knowledge Check
Check how well you understand the role of CARNA, legislation, regulation, and CARNA’s standards and guidelines that guide your practice.
Professional Practice Huddles
Professional practice huddles guide RNs and NPs in understanding CARNA nursing policy documents and emerging policy and practice topics through a participatory approach.
Explore CARNA
Registration and renewal
My permit
- Sign in to MyCARNA
- Renewing your permit
- Taking leave or retiring
- Returning to practice
- Self-employed practice
- Verification of registration
- Fees and payments
Applicants
- Internationally educated applicants
- New graduate applicants
- Canadian RN applicants
- Nurse practitioner applicants
Registration requirements
- Approved nursing education programs
- English language proficiency
- Exam requirement
- Continuing competence
- Currency of practice
- Fitness to practice (FTP)
- Jurisprudence course
- Reporting criminal history
Help
Practice and learning
Nursing practice information
- Document library
- Legislation
- Practice consultations
- Infection prevention and control
- Medical assistance in dying
- Responsibilities for distributing Take Home Naloxone Kits and Narcan® Nasal Spray (naloxone)
- Physician assistants
- Prescribing CDS for nurse practitioners
- RN competency profile
- Telehealth nursing practice
- Aesthetic nursing
- Harm reduction
- HIA and privacy breach reporting
- Restraints
- Immunization
- Cannabis for Medical Purposes – FAQs for RNs and NPs
- Protecting patients from sexual abuse and sexual misconduct
- RN prescribing and ordering diagnostic tests
- Collaborative practice in nursing
Learning opportunities
- Learning modules
- Case studies
- Webinars
- Events and conferences
- Knowledge Check
- Professional Practice Huddles
Nursing: a call to leadership
Other resources
Complaints and concerns
What you can do
- File a complaint
- Employer reporting responsibilities
- Find a nurse
- Request a review of a complaint dismissal
Sexual abuse and sexual misconduct complaints
Hearings and decisions
Complaints processes
About
What is CARNA?
- What we do
- Our vision, mission, and values
- Regulatory philosophy
- News
- What's nursing in Alberta like?
- CARNA regions
- Our partners
- Review of complaints processes and outcomes
- Review of approach to fitness to practise
- Review of registration process for internationally educated nurses