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CNO MISSION ✔✔regulating nursing in the public interest
2 documents that provide the legislative framework for regulating nursing in Ontario:
✔✔1. Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991
2. Nursing Act, 1991
4 regulatory functions: ✔✔1. practice standards.
2. entry to practice.
3. quality Assurance Program.
4. enforcing standards
5 statutory committeess ✔✔1. Discipline
2. Fitness to Practice
3. Inquiries, Complaints, and Reports
4. Quality Assurance
5. Registration
,The Outreach Program provides ways for nurses to engage in by
offering consultation and resources to help members practise according to the practice
standards.
✔✔nursing regulation
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level RPNs possess the required to demonstrate the wide range of
competencies in this document. ✔✔knowledge
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level RPNs are beginning practitioners whose level of autonomy and proficiency will grow
through and from the interprofessional health care team.
✔✔collaboration
support
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level RPNs are to practise safely, competently and ethically in situations
of health and illness with individuals across the lifespan. ✔✔prepared
,COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level RPNs' practice decisions are - and must take into account
the environment, the client's circumstances and whether the client's needs can be met by
the entry-level RPN. ✔✔client-specific
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level RPNs enter into practice with competencies that are across
diverse practice settings. ✔✔transferable
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level RPNs have a in nursing, health and social sciences,
ethics, leadership and research. ✔✔knowledge base
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level RPNs are committed to engaging in quality assurance practices, including
. ✔✔Reflective Practice
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
, Entry-level RPNs use skills to support clinical decision-
making and reflect upon practice experiences. ✔✔critical thinking
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
All client she or he provides. ✔✔care
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
All decisions about to other care
providers ✔✔assigning care
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
Knowing and recognizing her or his (knowledge, skill and
judgment) when making decisions and providing care to clients. ✔✔competence level
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
Actively identifying and asking of self, colleagues (including members of
the Interprofessional health care team) and clients. ✔✔questions