The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) provides webcasts and learning modules to help you understand CNO practice standards and other related documents and legislation.

All of CNO’s current learning modules and webcasts are listed on this page, in alphabetical order.

Webcasts

From time to time, CNO creates on-demand videos of interest to nurses, nursing educators and other interested parties who wish to learn more about current regulatory issues and the role CNO plays in nursing regulation.

Standards & Guidelines

Code of Conduct webcast

This webcast will provide you with an overview of CNO’s modernized Code of Conduct.

Confidentiality and privacy webcasts

This two-chapter webcast was created to educate nurses and other interested parties about the serious legal responsibility of protecting personal health information.

Confidentiality and privacy overview

This webcast looks at your accountabilities for maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of personal health information, changes to the Personal Health Information Protection Act and the consequences of privacy breaches.

Confidentiality and privacy case studies

This webcast will help you reflect on your practice and apply the concepts discussed in the Confidentiality and Privacy Overview to situations that could result in privacy breaches.

Discontinuing or Declining to Provide Care practice standard webcast

This webcast will help you understand your accountabilities when it comes to the refusal of care or discontinuing nursing service. It is based on CNO’s Discontinuing or Declining to Provide Care practice standard.

Medication practice standard webcast

This webcast is based on the Medication practice standard, a short, principle-based document that uses common nursing principles to guide your medication practice.

Documentation practice standard webcast

This webcast is based on CNO’s Documentation practice standard. It applies to all nurses in all roles in all practice settings as of February 1, 2026. Nursing documentation is an important component of nursing practice and the interprofessional documentation in the client’s health record. Documentation, whether paper, electronic, audio or visual is used to monitor a client’s progress and communicate with other care providers. It also reflects the nursing care that is provided to a client.

Nurse Practitioner practice standard webcasts

This webcast is an overview of the Nurse Practitioner practice standard. It is intended to help Registered Nurses in the Extended Class apply the accountabilities in the NP practice standard, and to help others understand NP practice.

Section 1: Introduction and scope of practice

How nurses in the Extended Class differ from nurses in the General Class.

Section 2: Standards

The documents, laws, and standards that NPs must apply to their practice.

Section 3: Health assessment and diagnosis

The different types of health assessments, the diagnostic process, and NPs’ accountabilities when ordering tests.

Section 4: Therapeutic management

The pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical therapies and procedures that NPs order.

Section 5: Other medication practice

The requirements and restrictions for dispensing medications.

Section 6: Controlled substances

The requirements and restrictions for prescribing and dispensing controlled substances.

Registered Nurse (RN) Prescribing practice standard webcast

This webcast will help you understand the regulation changes, education options and the Registered Nurse (RN) Prescribing practice standard.

Scope of Practice webcast

This webcast will provide you with an overview of the Scope of Practice practice standard, which outlines nurses’ legislative accountabilities and other key requirements nurses need to consider when deciding whether to perform an activity. This webcast will help you better understand the standard and how to apply it in your practice.

Professional Boundaries and Nurse-Client Relationships Practice Standard

This webcast is based on the College’s Professional Boundaries and Nurse-Client Relationships practice standard that is in effect March 1, 2026. It applies to all nurses in all roles in all practice settings.

Other webcasts

Critical inquiry and evidence-informed practice webcast

This webcast was recorded during a CNO interview with Karen Riddell, Director, Professional Practice and Operations at Windsor Regional Hospital, and Nancy Lefebre, Chief Clinical Executive Senior VP Knowledge and Practice at Saint Elizabeth. Nancy and Karen share their expertise on the concepts of critical inquiry and evidence-informed practice and how they apply to nursing.

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) webcast

This webcast informs nurses about the changes related to the March 17, 2021 implementation of Bill C-7 under the Criminal Code. It is an overview of how these changes affect NPs who provide MAID and the role of RNs and RPNs who support patients in the MAID process. It also includes information based on the practice experiences of an NP who provides MAID.

Practice reflection webcasts

This webcast includes three videos that show how practice reflection is an important part of every nurse's practice.

Introduction

Anne Coghlan, former CNO Executive Director and CEO, explains how practice reflection is part of being a competent nursing professional.

The value of practice reflection

A look at the different ways nurses can reflect on their practice: formally, informally, and by getting feedback from colleagues.

Guided reflection: What to expect

Information to help nurses who have been selected for a Guided Reflection meeting, part of CNO's Professional Conduct process. Nurses learn how to prepare for the meeting with CNO staff, and what will happen when they come to CNO for the meeting.

Sexual abuse prevention webcast

This webcast helps educate nurses on what our research has revealed about grooming techniques, maintaining boundaries and the important role nurses have in preventing this patient harm.

Social media: Reflect before you post webcast

One of the key challenges for nurses is knowing how to use social media while safeguarding the public interest and trust. This webcast focuses on your accountability when using social media. Using scenarios, it discusses examples of CNO practice standards that nurses can use to reflect and make sound decisions when using social media.

Learning modules

Each self-study learning module is self-directed. It is used to enhance your learning of CNO’s standards and guidelines. Learning modules are not considered a substitute for reading the corresponding practice standard or guideline.

You can watch these modules at any time. CNO does not track the identity of people who watch the learning modules. CNO does not issue certificates for completion.

Code of Conduct: Principle 2 learning module

To support nurses with the application of Principle 2 in the Code of Conduct, CNO has created a series of learning modules focused on the three core behaviours of this principle: self-reflection, creating safer health care experiences, and training and education. This series outlines the actions and behaviours nurses can use to provide inclusive and culturally safe care. These learning modules were created in collaboration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC and the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).

Principle 2 - Inclusive and Culturally Safe Care

Principle 2 - Safer Health Care Experiences

Principle 2 - Training and Education

Consent learning module

Nurses have professional and legal obligations for obtaining consent. CNO's Consent practice guideline provides an overview of the major features of the relevant legislation, pertinent definitions and the steps that nurses need to take to obtain consent.

Chapter 1 - An overview of the legislation

Chapter 2 - Obtaining consent

Scope of Practice learning module

The Scope of Practice standard helps nurses to make informed decisions about what activities they can perform safely and competently for their clients. Learn more about the standard and its key concepts of authority, context and competence.

Overview

Authority

Context

Competence

Temporary Class learning module

CNO’s Temporary Class learning module provides an overview of nursing regulation in Ontario. It is designed to help applicants better understand the legal and ethical issues, and the professional accountabilities of the nursing profession.

Chapter 1: Nursing Regulation

Chapter 2: CNO’s Role and Entry Requirements

Chapter 3: Standards of Practice

Chapter 4: Quality Assurance and Professional Conduct Investigations

Chapter 5: Public Protection