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Alberta Primary Care Nurses Association

Health Professionals

Alberta

Primary Care Nurses Association

Alberta Primary Care Nurses Association is a provincial association of nurses who network and provide mentorship, tools, resources and educational opportunities to foster professional development, leadership and excellence in primary care.

Networking Opportunities

Connecting nurses with other professionals in their field to share knowledge, ideas, and experiences.

Develop Resources

Providing access to tools, training, and education to support the growth of nursing skills and knowledge.

Advocate for the Profession

Offering guidance and support to help nurses develop leadership skills and advance their careers in primary care.

Join Our Team

About

Are you passionate about primary care nursing and are looking for a way to get involved? Join our executive team!

Role: Zone representative (volunteer)

Location: Alberta, Canada (virtual)

Commitment: ~1 hour per week

Responsibilities:

Engage with members in their region to educate about the APCNA and encourage membership.
Act as a first point of contact for members in their region for questions / feedback.
Advocate with local stakeholders to promote the primary care nursing role.
Submit quarterly updates to the communications chair for the newsletter.
Encouraged attendance to all executive meetings and AGM.
Encouraged participation in planning for conferences/ AGM.

To apply: Send a brief letter of interest to apcna.executive@gmail.com

Apply Here

Event Calendar

Upcoming Events

Thu, Dec 04
In Type 2 Diabetes Care, Seeing is Believing
Online Event: https://events.teams.microsof
RSVP
Dec 04, 2025, 12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Online Event: https://events.teams.microsof
We are excited to feature Dr. Daniel Shafran, Internal Medicine Specialist, Co-Founder and Medical Director for the Edmonton Diabetes & High Risk Foot Clinic. Dr. Shafran is a passionate advocate for CGM technology and diabetes care.
Thu, Dec 04
Digital Health Innovation Series: Idea to Impact: AI Trailblazers
Zoom Event
RSVP
Dec 04, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Zoom Event
This session will spotlight practical applications of innovative and high-impact tools designed to reduce administrative burden and improve patient care.

Newsletters and key messages from our partners.

PCA Weekly Update

Antibiotic use resources

November 18 to 24 is World Antimicrobial Awareness Week! Primary Care Alberta has a resource to help you educate patients on when antibiotics are necessary. You can refer your patients to the Guide to Wise Use of Antibiotics, which is available in many languages and produced by AHS and Primary Care Alberta.

Referral pathway update

To align with the updated Screening for Life cervical screening guidelines for HPV testing, the Adult Gynecology Referral Pathway has been updated with a new colposcopy reason for referral: High Risk HPV.

New PCA website coming December 2

Primary Care Alberta is launching a new website on December 2. The new site has been designed as a central hub for patients, clients, physicians and providers to access healthcare information quickly and easily, with new and refreshed content, search features and functionality.

The new design has been reviewed by physicians, patients and healthcare professionals. Usability testing shows the improvements make a big difference – users found information 208% faster compared to the previous site!

You’ll find out through the PCA Weekly Clinical Update when the site goes live so you can bookmark it – stay tuned.

Job Postings

The Alberta Primary Care Nurses Association is offering free advertising on our website for Primary Care Nursing positions in Alberta. We will post your job on our website for 30 days at no charge. Just e-mail the information to our e-mail (apcna.executive@gmail.com). Please make sure that the job posting includes a contact name and e-mail as we will not be forwarding any applications we receive to our e-mail address.