Resource Documents

Canadian Nurses Protective Society (CNPS)

CNPS

• CNPS Website
• Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes: What Every Nurse Should Know
• RN Prescribing
• Ask a CNPS Lawyer – Ask a Lawyer ArticlesCNPS 2020 Fee Requirement

infoLAW

Go to the CNPS website InfoLAW page to access Information sheets on a large variety of topics, including but not limited to:

• Confidentiality of Health Information
• Consent to Treatment: The Role of the Nurse
• Considerations for Providing Cosmetic Services
• Delegation to Other Health Care Workers
• Emergency Room Closures
• Legal Risks in Nursing
• Legal Risks of Email – Part 1, Privacy Concerns
• Legal Risks of Email – Part 2, Practical Considerations
• Legal Status of an Apology
• Medication Errors
• Mobile Devices in the Workplace
• Privacy and Electronic Medical Records
• Quality Documentation, Your Best Defence
• Reporting and Disclosure of Adverse Events
• Social Media

Canadian Nurses Association

• CNA Website
• CNA Certification
• CNA Code of Ethics (2017)
• CNA Framework for the Practice of Registered Nurses in Canada
• CNA Advanced Practice Nursing A Pan-Canadian Framework
• CNA Staff Mix Decision-making Framework for Quality Nursing Care
• CNA Medical Assistance in Dying: What Nurses Need to Know
• CNA Cannabis Resources

RNAO Best Practice Guidelines Program

Go to the RNAO website Best Practice Guidelines page to access guidelines on a large variety of topics, including but not limited to:

• RNAO Adopting eHealth Solutions: Implementation Strategies
• RNAO Adult Asthma Care: Promoting Control of Asthma
• RNAO Breastfeeding – Promoting and Supporting the Initiation, Exclusivity, and Continuation of Breastfeeding in Newborns, Infants and Young Children
• RNAO Delirium, Dementia, and Depression in Older Adults: Assessment and Care
• RNAO Crisis Intervention for Adults Using a Trauma-Informed Approach: Initial Four Weeks of Management Third Edition
• RNAO Implementing Supervised Injection Services
• RNAO Developing and Sustaining Safe, Effective Staffing and Workload Practices
• RNAO Integrating Tobacco Interventions into Daily Practice
• RNAO Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls
• RNAO Supporting Adults Who Anticipate or Live with an Ostomy
• RNAO Assessment and Interventions for Perinatal Depression

Individual Documents

• Canadian Coalition for Senior’s Mental Health — Clinical Guidelines on Substance Use Disorders
• Addressing Stigma: Chief Public Health Officer’s Annual Report on the State of Public Health in Canada
• Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence or Sexual Violence Leave under the Employment Standards Act, November 1, 2019
• Information for Health Care Professionals: Cannabis and the Cannabinoids
• An Update on Cannabis and Mental Health in an Age of Legalization
• CRNPEI Regulatory Framework for Delegation and Supervision of the Unregulated Health Worker
• Comparison of Practice Expectations for RNs and LPNs
• Diabetes Canada – Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Influenza Immunization Position Statement (2012)
• Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada
• Nurse Fatigue – Get the Facts
• Public Health Agency of Canada, Chapters 6: Breastfeeding of the updated Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines