Professional Practice Resources

General Resources

The following are provided as further reading and more information about professional practice:

Document Download Experts & Evidence: Opportunities in Nursing - CFNU - Sept. 2010
Document Download Professional Responsibility KISS (Keep It Simply Succinct) - ONA - Oct. 2010
Document Download MOHLTC Surge Capacity Management
Document Download Surge Capacity Management Toolkit 2.0

CNO Quality Assurance Guidelines

Guidelines for Public Health Nurses Working with Lay Home Visitors

Optometrists and the Use of Theraputic Pharmaceutical Agents

Public Health Nurse Position Description

Replacement of Registered Nurses by Less Prepared Providers

Posted April 19, 2011"Nurses have proved they are a powerful profession." This opinion article, published by Nursing Times, provides thoughtful commentary that the image of nursing is changing to one that is full of passionate and dedicated professionals. 

Posted April 4, 2011: Abstract to special article: New England Journal of Medicine. 2011; 364:1037-1045. Nurse Staffing and Inpatient Hospital Mortality 

 

Independent Assessment Committee Reports

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Sault Area Hospital - March 2011
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Cassellholme Home for the Aged, North Bay - March 2010
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Niagara Health System St. Catharines Emergency Department - March 2009
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Grand River Hospital, Kitchener - May 2007
 

Presentation Slides

Document Download Presentation - RN/RPN Scope of Practice: Managing Issues at the Bargaining Unit Level
 

Professional Responsibility Decision Trees

Document Download Professional Responsibility Decision Tree: A Strategy for Resolving Hospital Workload Complaints - April 2010
Téléchargement du document Arbre de décision des responsabilités professionnelles: Stratégie pour résoudre les plaintes relatives à la surcharge de travail dans les hôpitaux - Avril 2010
 

Selected Readings: RN Theories and Arguments

Document Download Economics of Nursing, by Linda H. Aiken, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice - May 2008
Document Download Evaluation Framework for Nurse Staffing Scheduling Models
Document Download Nursing Scope of Practice
Document Download Nursing Workforce Utilization
Document Download Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice
Document Download Quality of Care for the Treatment of Acute Medical Conditions in US Hospitals
Document Download RN-RPN Utilization Toolkit
Document Download The Association of Registered Nurse Staffing Levels and Patient Outcomes

 

  

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