BCCNM Professional & Practice Standards

BCCNM Professional & Practice Standards Functions within own level of competence, within the legally recognized scope of practice and within all relevant legislation - 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability Assesses own practice and undertakes activities to improve practice and meet identified learning goals on an ongoing basis - 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability Takes action (5) to promote the provision of safe, appropriate and ethical care to clients. - 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability Maintains own physical, psychological and emotional fitness to practice. - 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability Maintains current registration. - 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability Uses critical thinking when collecting and interpreting data, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care. - 2: Knowledge-Based Practice Collects information on client status from a variety of sources (6) using assessment skills, including observation, communication, physical assessment and a review of pertinent clinical data. - 2: Knowledge-Based Practice Communicates client status, using verifiable information, in terminology used in the practice setting. - 2: Knowledge-Based Practice Documents timely (7) and appropriate reports of assessments, decisions about client status, plans, interventions and client outcomes. - 2: Knowledge-Based Practice Shares nursing knowledge with clients, colleagues, students and others. - 2: Knowledge- Based Practice Coordinates client care in a way that facilitates continuity for the client. - 3: Client-Focussed Provision of Service Instructs and guides other members of the health care team to meet client care needs. - 3: Client-Focussed Provision of Service Participates in changes that improve client care and nursing practice. - 3: Client-Focussed Provision of Service Assists clients to learn about the health care system and accessing appropriate health care services. - 3: Client-Focussed Provision of Service Delegates appropriately to other members of the health care team. - 3: Client-Focussed Provision of Service Makes the client the primary concern in providing nursing care. - 4: Ethical Practice Clearly and accurately represents self with respect to name, title and role. - 4: Ethical Practice Recognizes, respects and promotes the client's right to be informed and make informed choices. - 4: Ethical Practice Makes equitable decisions about the allocation of resources (15) under one's control based on the needs of clients. - 4: Ethical Practice Initiates, maintains and terminates nurse-client