NURS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: National Council Licensure Examination, Medical Cannabis, Public Law
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October 3rd 2017
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Jurisprudence
• The science, study, and theory of law
• The provincial and federal laws and provincial and regulatory policies and
related to nursing practice.
• You will write a jurisprudence exam in addition to NCLEX
Canada health care act
Federal:
• Headed by the federal minister of health
• Different branches (eg. Health products and food; policy) and agencies
(patented meds and prices) they are federally fun
• Provides principles for health care for Canadians
Provincial:
• Provincial and territorial plans (13 ways to provide health care)
• Each province or territories responsible for regulation or health professions
• Determine how health is structured and what is funded
• Each has a ministry/department of health headed by elected MLA staffs by
civil servants
Federal legislation Relevant for nurses
• Food and drug – (nurses cannot give things that are not approved for use in
Canada)
• Medical marijuana
• Medical assisted dying (the way the nurses manage that are provincial)
• The controlled drugs and substances Act
Just because federally they approve something provincially they need to set things
up and create policies
Health in Nova Scotia provincial legislation
• There are so many and we do not need to know them all but there are many
for all different scenarios
• Nursing legislation doesn’t govern anything you also must follow all the
other legislations too
• Ex. Vital statistics Act: you must sign birth certificates, and death certificates
etc.
Specific nursing legislation in NS
• Registered nurses act
• Registered nurses regulations
• And acts/regulations applicable to where they work too e.g. Hospital act;
homes for special care act etc.
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Document Summary
Jurisprudence: the science, study, and theory of law, the provincial and federal laws and provincial and regulatory policies and related to nursing practice, you will write a jurisprudence exam in addition to nclex. Federal: headed by the federal minister of health, different branches (eg. health products and food; policy) and agencies (patented meds and prices) they are federally fun, provides principles for health care for canadians. Just because federally they approve something provincially they need to set things up and create policies. Vital statistics act: you must sign birth certificates, and death certificates other legislations too etc. Specific nursing legislation in ns: registered nurses act, registered nurses regulations, and acts/regulations applicable to where they work too e. g. hospital act; homes for special care act etc. Inter-professional practice: duty to provide care, professional conduct/ registered servives, scope of practice, self regulation, standars of practice for registered nurses, entry level competencies, entry level education, continuing competence, licensure, conduct.
