Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA)

Question 1

Nursing Act, 1991

Answer 1

Protect title of “nurse”

Outlines scope of practice and sets rules and standards for nursing practice

Question 2

Regulated Health Professions Act

Answer 2

Mandatory reporting (if nurse comes in drunk, you must report it) and find a nurse

sets out the framework (rules, guidelines) of the entire profession, there are controlled acts

Rules and guidelines include education, practice, ethics, professional conduct

Question 3

Controlled acts

Answer 3

Tasks that must be performed only by those authorized to perform them.

Controlled acts are considered to be harmful if performed by unqualified individuals

Question 4

Delegation

Answer 4

Authority to perform a controlled act is transferred to another person (unregulated care provider)

Question 5

Protocols for delegation

Answer 5

Must have shared responsibility (delegator and delegatee)

Must be clearly defined and supervised accordingly