NPR-FIPP Project Archive
Nurse Practitioner Regulation Framework Implementation Plan Project (NPR-FIPP)
The NPR-FIPP was a multi-year, multi-faceted initiative commissioned by the Canadian Council of Registered Nurse Regulators (CCRNR), which completed its mandate in November 2024.
In 2020, the CCRNR commissioned the Nurse Practitioner Regulation Framework Implementation Plan Project (NPR-FIPP) with a priority that the Nurse Practitioner entry-level education programs in Canada will prepare Nurse Practitioners for practice across the life span and practice settings.
Components of the project included revising the entry-level competencies for Nurse Practitioners and completing a practice analysis. The revised Nurse Practitioner entry-level competencies were endorsed by the CCRNR Board in November 2022 and published on the CCRNR website in December 2023 after nursing regulators in each Canadian province and territory approved them.
The practice analysis was completed in August 2024 as a first step to developing a new single entry-level national Nurse Practitioner exam. The analysis is a rigorous evidence-based investigation of the key attributes and tasks of the Nurse Practitioner profession and is informing the development of test questions for the new national entry-to-practice or licensure exam.
The new model for Nurse Practitioner regulation is expected to be implemented in some jurisdictions beginning in 2026 when NPs start to graduate from programs based on the revised Nurse Practitioner entry-level competencies and when the new single entry-level national exam is ready.
