College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba

College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba Protecting and serving the public interest through registered nursing regulation.
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The purpose of regulation is to protect the public by ensuring that RNs practice in a safe, competent and ethical manner. We carry out our work in a number of ways:

Setting standards for registered nursing education, registration and practice:
• We approve nursing education programs.
• We have a registration process to ensure registered nurses are qualified and competent.
• We set the standards of nursing practice that all RNs are required to meet every day.
• We set and monitor continuing competence requirements, in which RNs demonstrate their efforts to remain current in their
nursing knowledge. Supporting registered nurses in meeting the standards:
• We provide educational opportunities and resources.
• We provide practice consultation services. Taking action when the standards are not met:
• We receive and handle complaints about registered nursing practice and take appropriate action with fairness and transparency.

09/29/2025

The College is closed for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Tuesday, September 30. We'll return to the office at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1.

09/29/2025

Registration renewal begins this week on October 1, 2025. If you have any questions or need assistance, you can reach out via email, phone, or chat function on our website once renewal begins: https://www.crnm.mb.ca/contact/

Nurse Check lets members of the public, employers, registrants, and other partners check the current status of registran...
09/23/2025

Nurse Check lets members of the public, employers, registrants, and other partners check the current status of registrants. Learn more and access Nurse Check here: https://www.crnm.mb.ca/public/nurse-check/

The Continuing Competency Program is one way the College can partner with registrants in continued professional developm...
09/17/2025

The Continuing Competency Program is one way the College can partner with registrants in continued professional development. Learn more:
https://www.crnm.mb.ca/rns-nps/ccp/

The College released a data report examining a growing trend in registered nursing and nurse practitioner regulation: th...
09/05/2025

The College released a data report examining a growing trend in registered nursing and nurse practitioner regulation: the increasing shift to agency nursing practice. We have been collecting and analyzing data from registrants since 2023, and are pleased to share this preliminary report in alignment with our commitment to ensuring patient safety, supporting quality nursing practice, and providing unique data to assist in health human resource planning and decision making.

Read the full article for more information and a link to the report:
https://www.crnm.mb.ca/2025/09/04/report-shows-more-than-1600-registered-nurses-and-nurse-practitioners-worked-for-private-nursing-agencies-in-2024/

08/29/2025

The College is closed Labour Day, Monday, September 1. We'll return to the office at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 2.

08/29/2025

Reminder: The College is seeking consultation on the new practice direction, Advertising Expectations. This document outlines expectations for registrants to meet when advertising their nursing care or services to the public. It aims to improve and replace Guidelines for Advertising.

We invite you to share your feedback by filling out the survey on the consultation.

Your feedback is essential to ensuring the quality of the practice direction. Public consultation will remain open until noon on Friday, September 5, 2025.

Provide your feedback here: https://www.crnm.mb.ca/the-college/consultations/

08/27/2025

Reminder: The College is seeking consultation on a new practice direction, Aesthetics Nursing Practice. This document outlines practice expectations for College registrants engaged in aesthetics.

Your feedback is essential to ensuring that the practice direction is clear, comprehensive, and supports safe, effective aesthetics nursing care. Public consultation will remain open until noon on Friday, September 5, 2025.

You can provide feedback through a survey on the consultation page or during drop-in virtual feedback sessions, via Microsoft Teams.

We encourage you to complete the survey even if you intend to share your thoughts during one of the two virtual feedback sessions.

Provide your feedback here: https://www.crnm.mb.ca/the-college/consultations/

MEDIA RELEASE: With ongoing challenges continuing to affect the health system in Manitoba, registered nurses (RNs) and n...
08/26/2025

MEDIA RELEASE: With ongoing challenges continuing to affect the health system in Manitoba, registered nurses (RNs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) and members of the Manitoba public broadly agreed on a number of related topics explored in two surveys commissioned by the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (College) from national research firm Léger in May and June of this year.

“Earlier this year, the College engaged Léger to administer two surveys seeking input from Manitobans and from our registrants on a number of areas that affect our regulatory work,” said Deb Elias, CEO/Registrar of the College. “The results show clear backing for enhancing supports for new nurses and nurses who are already part of the health workforce in Manitoba, as well as growing our capacity to educate more nurses here in Manitoba. We found agreement on the importance of the independence of regulatory bodies like the College in setting professional standards. We also take to heart the fact that members of the public, RNs and NPs brought to light some opportunities for improvement, to boost awareness and to build relationships to inform our continued evolution of the regulation of the RN profession.”

Read more:

Surveys of Manitobans, registered nurses and nurse practitioners highlight backing for workplace supports for new and experienced nurses, regulatory independence and need to adapt to ongoing system challenges

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The purpose of regulation is to protect the public by ensuring that RNs practice in a safe, competent and ethical manner. We carry out our work in a number of ways: Setting standards for registered nursing education, registration and practice: • We approve nursing education programs. • We have a registration process to ensure registered nurses are qualified and competent. • We set the standards of nursing practice that all RNs are required to meet every day. • We set and monitor continuing competence requirements, in which RNs demonstrate their efforts to remain current in their nursing knowledge. Supporting registered nurses in meeting the standards: • We provide educational opportunities and resources. • We provide practice consultation services. Taking action when the standards are not met: • We receive and handle complaints about registered nursing practice and take appropriate action with fairness and transparency.