Nursing 4320A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Quality Assurance, Law Of Obligations, Cough Medicine
1 Nov 2018
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The regulated health professions act (1991: umbrella law for all the health professions. Key features: scope of practice controlled acts authorized to regulated professions. Sets out the practical rules of each of the professional colleges (health professions procedural. 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. The expanded nursing services for patients act (1997) Allows registered nurses who hold an extended certificate of registration to provide primary health care services. Expanded the scope of advanced practice nurses (nps) by allowing them to perform certain controlled acts. Ex. communicating a diagnosis to patients, prescribing certain drugs, and ordering the application of certain forms of energy. Regulates hospital governance and operations in ontario: governs a number of different areas including: Physician appointments and hospital privileges: handling of death in hospital.
