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Legislation and Regulation Flashcards

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What do the Nursing Act and Regulated Health Professions Act determine?

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The Nursing Act and RHPA determines how the nursing profession is regulated in Ontario

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What is an RHPA?

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  • Regulated Health
    Profession Act 1991
  • The RHPA applies to all of Ontario’s self-regulated health professions.
  • Is the legislation that governs Ontario regulated health professions’ Colleges
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What is the purpose of Nursing Act?

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  • The Nursing Act establishes the mandate of the College of Nurses of Ontario
  • defines the scope of practice for the nursing profession.
  • The Nursing Act regulates:
    1. Registration (for example, classes of registration
    2. entry-to-practice requirements, title protection)
    3. Controlled acts (these are procedures that can only be performed by an authorized healthcare professional)
    4. Quality assurance
    5. Professional misconduct.
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“The practice of nursing is the promotion of health and the assessment of, the provision of care for and the treatment of health conditions by supportive, preventive, therapeutic, palliative and rehabilitative means in order to attain or maintain optimal function”

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Nursing Scope Practice Statement

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What is a scope of pratice?

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Are the duties and responsibility of the profession. What the profession does and methods use

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What are the Registration categories?

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The Regisration categories are the titles of the profession that a person can register to become: Registered Nurses (RNs) and Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs).

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Most of the College’s RNs and RPNs are registered in this class.

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General Class

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Extended Class

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RNs in this class are Nurse Practitioners (NPs). They have met additional competency requirements beyond those required in the General Class.
There are three specialty certificates in the Extended Class:
NP-Adult
NP-Paediatrics
NP-Primary Health Care
(a fourth specialty certificate, NP-Anaesthesia, is not available at this time).

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Temporary Class

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RNs and RPNs iwho have met all entry-to-practice requirements except for the registration exam:

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What are they registration exam?

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RN applicants: You must first pass the NCLEX-RN.
RPN applicants: You must first pass the CPNRE.
NP applicants: You must first pass an approved exam for your specialty.
They practise as an RN or RPN subject to specific terms.

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Special Assignment Class

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A short-term, nonrenewable registration for RNs and RPNs, usually from outside of Canada, who have an appointment or assignment with an approved facility in Ontario. They practise as an RN or RPN subject to specific terms.

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Emergency Assignment Class

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RNs and RPNs, usually from outside of Ontario, are registered in this class when the provincial government has asked the College to issue certificates of registration in this class.

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What are the requirements for emergency assignment class?

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  1. completed an RN or RPN program
  2. practiced as an RN or RPN (as appropriate) within the three years before the date the applicant meets all other registration requirements
  3. language proficiency in either English or French.
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Non-Practising Class

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Available to current and previous members of the College’s General or Extended classes, members in this class are not allowed to practice, or represent themselves as qualified to practice, nursing in Ontario (seniors who wants to remain s a member of the CNO).

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If you want to pratice nursing again you must apply for…

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Reinstatement

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What is the purpose of non-practicing class

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Protects the public by providing identification that reflects their non-practice of the profession.

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Performing a PRESCRIBED procedure below the dermis or mucous membrane

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RN

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Administering a substance by injection or inhalation

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RN and NP

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Example of Administering a substance by injection or inhalation.

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O2 administration and buffers

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Putting an instrument, hand or finger on

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i. beyond the external ear canal
ii. beyond the point in the nasal passages where they normally narrow (NG tube)
iii. beyond the larynx
iv. beyond the opening of the urethra
v. beyond the labia majora
vi. beyond the anal verge or
vii. into an artificial opening in the body.

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beyond the point in the nasal passages where they normally narrow

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(NG tube)

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beyond the opening of the urethra

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(urinary catheter)

catheter: drainage of substances

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beyond the labia majora

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(insertion of a speculum)

used for pap test (cervix cancers)

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beyond the anal verge

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(rectal suppository)

to bring nutrients to the intestines

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into an artificial opening of the body

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Suctioning of a tracheostomy

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Dispensing a drug

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RN and NP

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Communicating to a client, or a client’s representative- identifying as the cause of the client’s symptoms, a disease or disorder

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NP

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Performing a procedure below the dermis or a mucous membrane

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NP

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Applying or ordering the application of a prescribed form of energy (Laser therapy)

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NP

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Setting or casting a fracture of a bone or dislocation of a joint

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NP

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Administering a substance, by injection or inhalation, in accordance with the regulation, or when it has been ordered by another health care professional who is authorized to order the procedure.

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NP and RN

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Prescribing, dispensing, selling or compounding a drug in accordance with the regulation

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NP

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Treating, by means of psychotherapy technique, delivered through a therapeutic relationship, an individual’s serious disorder of thought, cognition, mood, emotional regulation, perception or memory that may seriously impair the individual’s judgement, insight, behaviour, communication or social functioning.

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NP and RN

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Putting an instrument, hand or finger
beyond the external ear canal
beyond the point in the nasal passages where they normally narrow (NG tube)
beyond the larynx
beyond the opening of the urethra (urinary catheter)
beyond the labia majora (insertion of a speculum)
beyond the anal verge (rectal suppository)
into an artificial opening of the body (suctioning of a tracheostomy)

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NP and RN-if ordered

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Prescribing, dispensing, selling or compounding a drug in accordance with the regulation

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NP

36
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successfully meet the nursing education requirement
provide evidence of nursing practice
successfully complete the national registration examination
successfully complete the jurisprudence examination
demonstrate they are proficient in either English or French provide proof of citizenship, permanent residency or authorization under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) to engage in the practice of nursing in Ontario
complete a Declaration of Registration Requirements form

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In order to practise in Ontario

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Edna is from the Philippines. She came to Canada 4 months ago. She practiced nursing in the Philippines as an RN for 12 years. She contacts the CNO to inquire about practicing as an RN in Ontario. Can Edna practice as an RN in Ontario? Use the document An Introduction to the Nursing Act, 1991 to learn about the requirements that she must meet in order to practice here.

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Successfully meet the nursing education requirement (General class)
Provide evidence of nursing practice (3 yrs)
Successfully complete the national registration examination (NCLEX)
Successfully complete the jurisprudence examination (Nursing knowledge)
Demonstrate they are proficient in either English or French provide proof of citizenship, permanent residency or authorization under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) to engage in the practice of nursing in Ontario
Complete a Declaration of Registration Requirements form

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