Nursing 4320A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Practice Statement, Blood Sugar, Debridement
20 Mar 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Week 7: ontario regulated health professions legislative framework part i: regulation, scope of practice, standards. Laws affecting nursing in ontario: the regulated health professions act, the nursing act, the health professions procedural code, the expanded nursing services for patients act, the public hospitals act, the long term care homes act. The regulated health professions act (1991: umbrella law for all the health professions, two elements, scope of practice statement, controlled acts authorized to the profession, http://www. health. gov. on. ca/en/pro/programs/hhrsd/about/regulated_professions. aspx. Informed by the regulated health professions act (rhpa: sets out in detail how nursing will self-regulate, according to the rules and regulations in the rhpa, amendments made in may 2017. The public hospitals act (1990: regulates hospital governance and operations in ontario, examples, board of directors, physician hospital privileges, reg. Licensed practical nurses (lpns) rest of canada. Rns, rpns, lpns all have their own regulatory bodies. Rns (including mh) are separate from lpns. Compare and contrast the roles of the cno and the rnao.
