Chapter 5: NNPBC Professional Flashcards
Who is Angela Wignall?
Chief Executive Officer of NNPBC
History of NNPBC
1909: Graduate Nurses Association of Vancouver (RNAV), which later became the Graduate Nurses Association of British Columbia (GNABC)
1918: Nurses (registered) act established
1935: GNABC became the Registered Nurses act of BC (RNABC)
3 Key Functions of the GNAV/GNABC/RNABC?
To regulate: members lobbied for legislation that would require nurses to be registered and to ensure that those who call themselves “trained” had the necessary competencies to provide safe care
To advocate: advocated on many issues, including improving nursing education, which influenced the movement of apprentice models to formal higher education
To act in the interest of nurses: works to address issues of pay and working conditions for nurses
History of NNPBC
- 1981: RNABC dissolved labour relations function, and BCNU was formed
- 1996: The Health Professions Act is created in BC
- 2005: the Health Professions Act was changed, giving rise to the College of Registered Nurses of BC (CRNBC)
- 2009: CRNBC withdraws from the Canadian Nurses Association
This left policy-making and advisory functions of the profession in limbo - 2010: The Association of Registered Nurses of BC was established (ARNBC)
- 2018: NNPBC is established, becoming Canada’s first amalgamated professional association for all nursing designations
- 2020: CRNBC becomes BC College of Nurses and Practical Nurses (BCCNP) (Takes on LPNs)
- 2020: BCCNP becomes BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) (Takes on Midwives)
What are the 3 professional bodies?
1) regulatory college = public: BCCNM - protect
2) professional association = nursing: NNPBC - promote
3) union = nurses (professions): BCNU - pay (working conditions/ salary)
There is a complaint about a nurses practice, what does each professional body do?
Regulator - investigates and resolves complaints about registrants
Association - advocates for changes to the system to reduce risk, ensure quality practice environments, and improve supports for practiced
Union - represents nurse members going through the complaint process
NNPBC structure and composition
NNPBC Board is comprised of 13 members;
2 NP council
2 RN council
2 LPN council
2 RPN council
1 NECBC representative
1 CNO representative
1 Student representative
1 Public representative
1 Indigenous Nursing Representative
Councils hold meetings regularly and as part of their roles will:
- discuss issues facing their designation
- develop strategies for advancing their own designation as well as nursing as a whole
- be spokesgroup for any media or advocacy issues that come forward
- communicate with other councils around shared issues
- have a strong and vital voice on the NNPBC board
Indigenous representative nurse is rotating
NNPBC mission and vision?
Vision: transforming health through nursing expertise
Mission: NNPBC is a professional association representing all nursing designations in BC. They support and promote excellence in nursing practice, education, research, leadership, and policy by advocating for healthy public policy and empowering nurses to actively influence and shape decisions that affect the profession and the public they serve
Membership services of NNPBC
Cost and benefits?
Membership services include;
-mental health services
-professional development workshops
-clinical webinars
-policy engagement
-professional practice resources
-awards of excellence
-campaigns
-advocacy materials
-government updates
-perks program
-nursing job boards
-much more x
$51 NNPBC annually
Professional Practice, education, and research
- Ensuring nursing has what it needs to provide safe, competent, ethical care
Government Engagement - Advocating for nursing presence at every table where nursing practice and knowledge are discussed
Health System Restructuring, new guideline development - Maintaining autonomy and self-regulation
Working with BCCNM - Advocating for structural change to enable expansive, visionary nursing scope, skill, and expertise
NNPBC and the Ministry of Health are working together to provide optimal professional practice support for RNs and LPNs working in primary care through the BC Nurse in Practice program
Streams of work
1) membership services
2) primary care programs
3) operations
4) indigenous nursing
5) practice, education, research and policy
How does the NNPBC work through various stream?
- engage w/ all nureses
- advocate for health system transformation to support nurses
- build partnership w/ key stakeholders to advance the profession
- enhance practice
