Professional Practice Resources

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Independent Assessment Committee Reports


Visit this new page for a complete list of the Independent Assessment Committee reports.

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General Resources

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

Document Download: National Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses of Canada position statement regarding the role of RPNs in the surgical pre-admission clinics (posted April 26, 2013) 

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(.xls): Professional Responsibility Complaint Tracking Tool (March 2013)

Document Download College of Nurses of Ontario Letter Template regarding Professional Responsibility (posted November, 2012)
Document Download How to Prepare for a Job Interview, May 2012
Document Download Professional Responsibility Action Plan Template (Updated March, 2012)
Document Download RN, RPN Scope of Practice Research Synopsis, June 2011
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
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Practice Guidelines
Document Download CNO Practice Guideline - RN and RPN Practice: The Client, the Nurse and the Environment - 2011
Document Download CNO Practice Guideline - Working With Unregulated Care Providers - 2011
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Presentation Slides

Document Download Presentation - RN/RPN Scope of Practice: Managing Issues at the Bargaining Unit Level
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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
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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, 2009
Document Download The Association of Registered Nurse Staffing Levels and Patient Outcomes

 

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