School of Nursing - The Chang School - Ryerson University

More documents

Recommendations

Info

A Guide to Practice Decision Making for the Entry-Level Registered Nurse Assessment Gather the Data Analyze the Data Determine if help needed to analyze data: • Can I make sense of the data? • Is the assessment complete? No Consult/Collaborate Yes Identify Options of Care Can I identify: • a range of care options • the indications & contraindications for each • the client’s preferences No Consult/Collaborate Yes Choose the Care Option • Am I satisfied that the option chosen is the best, most appropriate?* No Consult/Collaborate Yes No Do I have the Authority to Provide the Care? Can I get it? (Physician’s order) Am I Competent to Perform the Care? Can I manage the potential Yes outcomes? Yes Perform Care No Seek Assistance Yes Evaluate Care • Has care achieved the desired outcome? No Yes *The nurses’ advocacy efforts may be required in situations where efforts to obtain a physician’s order for the care option identified by the nurse as “the best and most appropriate” have been unsuccessful. Reassess End 66
CNO STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Introduction The Professional Standards provide an overall framework for the practice of nursing an link with other standards, guidelines and competencies developed by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO). The Professional Standards describe in broad terms the professional expectations for nurses 1 and apply to all nurses, in every area of practice. The Professional Standards include seven broad standard statements, a description of the statement and indicators that illustrate how the standard may be demonstrated. To help nurses apply the standards, there are indicators for all nurses and for those in administrative, educational and research positions. As well, three of the standards (Knowledge, Application of Knowledge and Leadership) have indicators for RNs. The indicators used in this document are not a complete list, nor do they apply to all nurses at all times. As well, the seven standards are interrelated and an indicator used to illustrate one standard may also demonstrate the application of other standards. How a nurse demonstrates a standard is influenced by the nurse’s level of competence, role, practice setting and the situation. However, it is expected that all nurses will meet the expectations of these professional standards and will be able to articulate how they demonstrate the standards in their practice. • all nurses continually enhance their knowledge through education, experience and Reflective Practice. Nurses can become experts in an area of practice within their category. A standard is an authoritative statement that sets out the legal and professional basis of nursing practice. Examples of CNO’s standards of practice include the Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship, Medication, and the professional misconduct regulations. All standards of practice provide a guide to the knowledge, skills, judgement and attitudes that are needed to practise safely. They describe what each nurse is accountable and responsible for in practice. Standards represent performance criteria for nurses and can interpret nursing’s scope of practice to the public and other health care professionals. Standards can be used to stimulate peer feedback, encourage research to validate practice and to generate research questions that lead to improvement of health care delivery. Finally, standards aid in developing a better understanding and respect for the various and complementary roles that nurses have. Guiding principles The following principles were used in the development of the Professional Standards: • in Ontario, nursing is one profession with two categories — RN and RPN; • the foundational knowledge base of RNs and RPNs is different as a result of differences in basic nursing education; • all nurses are accountable for their own decisions and actions and for maintaining competence throughout their careers; • clients 2 are the central focus of the professional service nurses provide, and as partners in the decision-making process, they ultimately make their own decisions; • the goal of professional practice 3 is to obtain the best possible outcome for clients, with no unnecessary exposure to risk of harm; and, 68
Page 1 and 2:
Post Diploma Degree Program Student
Page 3 and 4:
TABLE OF CONTENTS NURSING EDUCATION
Page 5 and 6:
NURSING EDUCATION AT RYERSON UNIVER
Page 7 and 8:
PHILOSOPHY OF THE DAPHNE COCKWELL S
Page 9 and 10:
POST DIPLOMA DEGREE PROGRAM LEARNIN
Page 11 and 12:
TEACHING-LEARNING BELIEFS AND PRINC
Page 13 and 14:
equired for every nursing practice
Page 15 and 16: PLACEMENT OPTION **Please Note** St
Page 17 and 18: NURSING PRACTICE ROLES Student Prac
Page 19 and 20: 2. LEARNING PLAN Adult learning the
Page 21 and 22: ACCOMPANYING CLIENTS Students accom
Page 23 and 24: The approaches to monitor progress,
Page 25 and 26: ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS GUI
Page 27 and 28: • be available during office hour
Page 29 and 30: For information on the Policy on th
Page 31 and 32: 50 - 62 D- to C- Below 50 percent U
Page 33 and 34: In deciding whether to grant an ext
Page 35 and 36: 2. i) At any point during the acade
Page 37 and 38: • maintains a distinction between
Page 39 and 40: Following Course: • Written cours
Page 41 and 42: Voting Each member of Council shall
Page 43 and 44: nursing profession as a whole, and
Page 45 and 46: FACULTY PERSONNEL FACULTY (RFA): HE
Page 47 and 48: MANDANA VAHABI, RN, PhD • Women
Page 49 and 50: msantill@ryerson.ca JULIETT SAUNDER
Page 51 and 52: DIRECTOR, COLLABORATIVE NURSING DEG
Page 53 and 54: APPENDIX A POST DIPLOMA DEGREE CURR
Page 55 and 56: Knowledge Knowledge Application Rel
Page 57 and 58: RYERSON UNVERSITY Daphne Cockwell S
Page 59 and 60: A Guide to Practice Decision-Making
Page 61 and 62: A Practice Decision-making Framewor
Page 63 and 64: As each of the three above options
Page 65: APPLYING THE PRACTICE DECISION-MAKI
Page 69 and 70: Performs: See initiate. Population:
Page 71 and 72: able to perform in a changing healt
Page 73 and 74: Knowledge Each nurse possesses, thr
Page 75 and 76: Leadership Each nurse demonstrates
Page 77 and 78: Professional Relationships Professi
Page 79 and 80: APPENDIX D Freedom of Information a
Page 81: T teaching-learning beliefs & princ
show all

School of Nursing - The Chang School - Ryerson University

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?