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What two documents sets govern nurses in practice in BC? - ✔✔1. Health Professions Act- Umbrella statute by which gov't has established common regulatory system for the province's health professions. Enacted by Legislative Assembly of BC in 1990.
- Bylaws (BCCNP)- Legal rules made UNDER the HPA by and for EACH of the colleges. Provide detailed, profession-specific framework for each college's governance and operations. Enacted by the college board, subject to oversight by Minister of health. The Legislative Assembly grants and delegates the board law-making authority.
How many health professions are there in BC? - ✔✔ 26
What is BCCNP? - ✔✔Governing body for RN, NPs, LPNs, RPNs in BC.
Where does BCCNP get its authority? - ✔✔Health Professions Act
Is BCIT recognized by BCCNP? In what section was this information found? - ✔✔Yes. Found under "Study to be a nurse."
What are BCCNP's 6 main regulatory functions? - ✔✔1. Establish registration conditions/requirements
- Recognize education programs and course in BC
- Establish, monitor, and enforce standards of practice and professional ethics
- Establish and employ registration, inquiry, discipline procedures that are transparent, objective, impartial and fair.
- Promoting and enhancing: (a) collaboration with other organizations in health sector; & (b) interprofessional collaboration between nurses and other health professions.
What are the Protected Titles for RNs in BC? - ✔✔Registered Nurse
Nurse
RN
Under what conditions can someone call themselves a Nurse in BC? - ✔✔As professionals: if you meet requirements for registration, and, once registered, continue to meet requirement for renewal.
Students enrolled in a BCCNP recognized program must use Student Nurse or Nursing Student.
Do students need to register with BCCNP? If no, when do they? - ✔✔No. Only if an ESN.
What elements of Quality Assurance must nurses complete (frequency, tasks)? - ✔✔Minimum practice hours (1,125 hours over last 5 years)
Self-assessment using BCCNP Standards of Practice
Peer feedback
Create/implement professional development plan based on self-assessment and peer feedback
Evaluate the effect of last year's professional development on their practice.
Duty to report:
(a) When do registrants or fellow health care workers have a duty to report a registrant?
(b) When do employers have a duty to report a registrant? - ✔✔(a)
Self: Ability to self-report and seek assistance.
- Provincially based (ie - not nationally/federally regulated)
- Based in law and legislation to protect the public
- Nurses involved in shaping them
Regulation of Nurses in BC:
- Specific to nurses
- Power given by province, through HPA and administered by College
- Structured in bylaws, policies and standards
Penalty for calling yourself a nurse illegally?1 - ✔✔Can be fined $2000 and/or 6 months in jail.
List 4 purposed/intentions of the Code of Ethics. - ✔✔providing safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care
promoting and respecting informed decision making
preserving dignity
maintaining privacy and confidentiality
What are the seven values in the CNA Code of Ethics that must be upheld in nursing practice? - ✔✔A. Providing safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care
B. Promoting health and well-being
C. Promoting and respecting informed decision-making
D. Honouring dignity
E. Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
F. Promotingjustice
G. Being accountable
In Appendix D of the Code of Ethics—"Applying the code in selected circumstances"—under the section "Ethical Considerations in Relationships with Nursing Students", list four guidelines that apply to you as a nursing student. - ✔✔-all nursing students treat each other with respect and honesty
-place the safety and well-being of the [persons in care] above all other objectives, including fulfilling educational obligations
-Nursing students are expected to meet the standards of care for their level of learning. They advise their faculty clinical instructor and their clinical unit nurse supervisors if they do not believe they are able to meet this expectation
-All teacher-nursing student interactions are to be in keeping with ethical nursing practice
What 3 principles are reflected in the Code of Ethics for nurses? - ✔✔responsibility, accountability, advocacy
What's BCNU's mission statement? - ✔✔The BC Nurses' Union protects and advances the health, social and economic well-being of our members, our profession and our communities.
What's BCNU's vision statement? - ✔✔The BC Nurses' Union will be the champion for our members, the professional voice of nursing and the leading advocate for publicly funded health care.
What are the 4 professional standards on BCCNP? - ✔✔Professional Responsibility and Accountability
Knowledge-Based Practice
Client-Focused Provision of Service
