What does ICN stand for? - Answers International Council of Nurses
What does BCCNP Stand for? - Answers British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals
What is the BCCNP? - Answers Is the regulatory body for all nurses in BC
What does the NNPBC stand for? - Answers Nurse and Nurse Practitioners of BC
Who is the voice of nurses provincially? - Answers NNPBC
What does the BCNU stand for? - Answers British Columbia Nurses Union
What does CNA stand for? - Answers Canadian Nurses Association
Who is the national voice for the profession? - Answers The CNA
What organization is our voice? - Answers BCNU
Who does the BCCNP regulate? - Answers The BCCNP regulates LP's, RN's, NP's, RPN's as of
Sept. 4th 2018.
When was the CNA established? - Answers Established in 1908.
In 1908 what did the CNA encompass? - Answers Federation of 11 provincial and territorial
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS and regulatory colleges.
Representing more than 1/2 of all RN's and NP's in Canada.
- Is considered as a hybrid association with mixed functions because it represents nurses yet it
also focused on regulation.
What provinces are not represented by CNA? - Answers Quebec, BC, some of Ontario.
Who represent nurses in Ontario? - Answers RNAO, a voluntary organization, represented by
CNA.
How can nurses in Quebec be represented by CNA? - Answers They can be represented by
obtaining membership in professional association in New Brunswick or the Yukon.
Can nursing students become members of CNA? - Answers Yes through CNSA
What are the fundamental values CNA is grounded in? - Answers 1. Primary Health Care
2. The Canada Health Act (CNA's work is based on the principles of CHA)
, What are the CNA's priorities for Canadian Nursing? - Answers It's priorities include:
- Public Policy
2. Nursing policy
3. Research and education
4. Regulatory policies.
What are the CNA's other focuses? - Answers - Regulation of Work environment issues
highlighting the importance of quality practice environments, staffing and staff mix outcomes.
Where as the CNA been instrumental in? - Answers - Nursing research
- Nursing education
- International policy i.e Political governance related to health.
- Advocation for public health care system in Canada
What is NurseONE? - Answers Is a web based portal to provide reliable evidence to nurses
created by the CNA.
What is the CNA's role? - Answers Overall role is to protect the public
- speak on behalf of the nursing profession
- ensure that strategies are put in place to strengthen the health care system i.e. making
immunization mandatory by going to other countries giving immunizations to prevent spread of
disease.
When was the CRNE first implemented? - Answers This examination was first implemented in
1969, replaced with NCLEX IN 2015.
Who many specialty certifications are there through the NCLEX? - Answers 20 nursing
specialties
Who created the Code of Ethics? - Answers CNA. It informs members about our ethical
commitment and as part of self-regulation.
What is the Mutual Recognition Agreement? - Answers An agreement that allows unrestricted
movement of RN's in Canada therefore RN's can go from province to province by passing the
NCLEX and CRNE
What does NCLEX stand for? - Answers Nurse Licensure and Certification Examinations
What province do you not need a bachelorette to nurse in? - Answers Quebec, diploma is still