Nursing 1200W Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Urinary Catheterization, Pulse Oximetry, Systematic Review
30 Jan 2018
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Legal scope of practice: primary purpose of the legislation: to protect the public. *** regulated health professions act, 1991 (cno: regulates scope of practice for 28 health professions. Lists controlled acts authorized to regulated health professions (13) as well as those specifically authorized to rns, rpns and nps: health professions procedural code. The nu(cid:396)si(cid:374)g(cid:859)s sop statement is very broad, allowing for diversity in terms of areas of practice (many categories of nurses). Other components of the nursing act, 1991: entry to practice, title protection, controlled acts authorized to nursing, quality assurance, professional misconduct regulations, entry to practice & 2. Title protection: only members of the college of nurses of ontario can use the titles nurse, registered nurse, Rn prescribing: may 2017, the nursing act was changed to permit rns to prescribe medications and communicate a diagnosis for the purpose of prescribing.
