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What is the purpose of the CNO - Establishes entry to practice requirements Articulates and promotes professional standards Administers Quality Assurance (QA) program Enforcing standards of practice and conduct Requisite skills/abilities for nursing practise in ontario EPICC BS - Environment Psychomotor Interpersonal Cognitive Communication Behavioral Sensory Professional Standards (CNO) KALE CC - Knowledge Application Leadership Ethics Continued Competency Client-nurse relationships Q: What is Professional Standards? - All nurses (Registered Nurses /RN and Registered Practical Nurses / RPN)Specific indicators for the different domains of practice : administration, education, research Entry to Practise Competencies PECKSS - Professional Accountability & Responsibility Ethical Practise Clients Knowledge-based Practise Self Regulation Service to Public Q: What are requisite skills/abilities? (BEG P) - Performance General demands Expectations of nurses in Ontario Benchmark-outlining requirements to ensure public safety Role of CNO - develop/enforce standards Provide programs to maintain competence Protects public by setting "Entry to Practise Requirements" Measures student's ability to meet Entry to Practise Students must apply to "College" for membership in order to practise EPICC BS (Requisite Skills and Abilities) - Environment: the ability to function when faced with Psychomotor: be able to do the following actions when providing client care Interpersonal: creating good client-nurse relationships Cognition: - performance demonstrate thinking capacity Communication: express/receive and understand written or verbal or non- verbal language Behaviour: conduct oneself in professional matterSensory: use senses to provide care/participate in educational activities Knowledge Based Practise GECompCD SCr (hint: CAM) - Specialized Body of Knowledge- integration of knowledge (Primary Healthcare Principle) Competent Application of Knowledge Ethical practise, Service to Public and self regulation Complementary vs Alternative Therapy Critical Inquiry- reflection of reasoning, assessment, conclusions, beliefs and actions Determinants of Health Generalist- nurse provides safe practise PRACTISE STANDARDS REVISED 2002 - Expectation of the standards of practice for all of the nurses in Ontario Indicators All nurses are responsible to comply to the professional standards Act as indicators for domains of practice such as administration, education, and research PRACTISE STANDARDS REVISED 2002 ( ACEKKLR) - Accountability Ethics Continued Competency Knowledge Knowledge Application Leadership Nurse-Client Relationship Professional Relationships Guiding Prinicples (SURGE FRCC) - Requisite skills/abilitiesStrong foundation of theory University Baccerlarate Education Competency Follow CNO practise standards and Ethics Critical reflection/Self-Assessment Engage in Interprofessional collaborative Practise Grow in Autonomy Competencies (Entry) - Demonstrate Accountability Recognize competence Articulate Nurse's role Show professional behaviour Identify yourself Display intiative Advocate Client safety Demonstrate critical inquiry Promote evidence based practise Report abuse/misconduct Question unsafe orders What does it mean to be a professional - the patients in your care must be able to trust you, it means being up to date with best practice, it means treating your patients and colleagues with dignity, kindness, respect and compassion. What are expectations of nurses with social media? - Before posting/sharing information on an online forum ask yourself this: what is the purpose of joining professional network what kind of information will you share on forum? how can you ensure client confidentiality in this scenarioWho is the regulatory body for nurses? - CNO List differences between RPN and RN - What are/How many controlled acts are there for nurses - 1. Performing a prescribed procedure below the dermis or a mucous membrane. 2. Administering a substance by injection or inhalation. 3. Putting an instrument, hand or finger i. beyond the external ear canal, ii. beyond the point in the nasal passages where they normally narrow, 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 into the body. 4. Dispensing a drug. 5. 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 What does the RHPA stand for and purpose of RHPA - RHPA: Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991. RHPA applies to all regulated health professions and is the introduction into the 14 controlled acts. RHPA also establishes the requirements for the Quality Assurance ProgramQA Program - To ensure the public that nurses demonstrate their commitment to continuing competence and continuing quality improvement. Assessing the knowledge, skill, and judgement of members Support nurses develop the practice according to the colleges of practice Help nurses develop the practicum areas in which they have identifies needs Increase the public's confidence in the nursing profession Components of the QA program is self-assessment, practice assessment, and peer assessment Expectation: annual review of 2 practice documents chosen by CNO and develop learning plan Ways of Knowing - Ways of knowing Empirical : facts, science, information that can be "verified". Aesthetics : relating to the hear and now; empathy; the "art" of nursing. Personal: the inner experience of becoming self aware. Ethics: moral questions and choices; what ought to be done; moral dilemmas - what is right? Emancipatory : social and political context of nursing; addressing inequities. empirical ways of knowing - Empirical - Often refers to science of knowing - Involves theories, concepts, principles, research findings - Includes knowledge from within nursing & knowledge taken from other health & related fields (medicine, biology, chemistry, psychology, sociology etc) - Traditionally based on development of knowledge thru testing of hypotheses - Example: evidence-based practice often rooted in this Aesthetics - Aesthetics - Often refers to the "art of nursing" - Connects with deep meanings of a situation & engages inner creative resources - May be formally expressed in are forms (poetry, drawings, etc) or in the artistry of nursing practice (the actions & intersection of a nursing in relation to others). - "Knowing what the person wants before they ask" (pg 39)Personal ways of knowing - Personal - Involves knowing ourselves in order to be able to authentically engage with others - "others" (pt/client) not seen as "objects" but as a full person in the midst of his/her won multidimensional life experience - Maintains primacy of relationship as most central to nursing practice - You & the person (group, community) being cared for are included in personal knowing Ethical ways of knowing - Ethical Knowing - Describes moral component in nursing - Includes moment to moment judgments about what should be done, what is right, what is responsible - Involves clarifying conflicting values & exploring alternatives - If no apparent "right" choice moral distress