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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