Week 2 Review: Intro to Organizations , Regulations Flashcards
Values of Nursing Organizations
- Nursing organizations bring nurses together for common goal
- Politcal action, adovacy, development opportunities
Organizations
International Council of Nurses
- CNA members are part
- Federation of national nurses associations reperesent worldwide
- Quality care for all, advances nursing knowlege, global action, Advances through polices, leladership developments
- Work with WHO
Canadian Nurses Association
Professional issues, health policy
1. national professional RN voice
2. Advancee nursing excellence and positive health outcomes
3. Promote regulation in public interest
4. National leadership in nursing
5. Adocate for healthy policy provincally, nationally
6. Nurses leadership
7. Provide CNA certifications ( RN cerifcation in sevreal pratice)
Canadina Association of Schools of Nursing
- national voice for education
- Gives nursing education program
Canadian Nursing Students Assoc.
- National level
- Voices of nursing students, organiations
- Affiliated with CNA
- Group conferences
Canadian Nurses Protective society
not-for-profit society that offers legal advice and support, risk-
management services, legal assistance and professional liability
protection related to nursing practice in Canada
* legal representation, whether it is in the context of a civil proceeding,
a criminal prosecution or other forms of legal proceedings.
* The CNPS provides a wide range of group workshops, webinars and
online resources designed to reduce risk in your practice and help
prevent patient harm.
* CRNA members are beneficiaries for its legal for legal assistance if
you are the subject of an investigation as a result of a complaint filed
against you with the College (or the provincial or territorial
association that regulates nursing practice.)
United Nurses Alberta
- Union of nurses
- Adocates for nurses
- Collective agreements: salaries, benefits, working conditions
- Protects nurses rights
- Pay dues to become member
Canadian federation of Nurses Unions
- represent larger scaled provinical unions
- Unions conduct job actions, negociations
- Adress working conditons and labor
- Safe client care, social jsutice, public health
College of RN of Alberta CRNA
- Serves to protect the public through regulation
- CRNA is alberta’s regulatory bodie in their authority dicated by Health professions Act HPA
- Establish and apply standrads of pratice
- Can be also be in CNA
- Self regulatory body
- Under the HPA: “ professional and regulatory body in Alberta for nurses”
- Single mandate to PROTECT AND SERVE THE PUBLIC by ensurng RN’s are safe, competent, and ethical
- Places interest of public ahead of nurses
Alberta Association of Nurses
- an association dedicated to advancing nurses and the nursing
profession by augmenting the strengths of Alberta nurses
work with CRNA bodies
Student organizations
Courage and passion to address goals related to quality health
care
Energy, knowledge, and skills to continue on the path despite
challenges and adversity
Play a role in shaping the future of nursing education
How is nursing a self-regulated profession
HPA–> College of Registered Nurses of Alberta : govern and regulate members to protect and sereve the public from unethical nurses
HPA
A law for regulated professionals in alberta and provides a framework for regulatory bodies in provinces.
Gives authority for professional colleges to set rules for pratice, investigate compliants, set education, ensure ethical pratice, set pratice standards
Professional Colleges
Standards of Pratice: direct how services to be provided
Bylaws: operations of colleges , elections
Regulations: pratice permits, continue competence, scoop of pratice, address unethical care , title
