Differentiate between the professions of nursing and medicine in Canada. (What do Nurses do?)
Identify the characteristics of a profession.
Describe what it means to be a self-regulating professional
Describe the purpose of the BCCNM
Describe the purpose of the Professional Standards
Differentiate between RN entry to practice competencies, RN professional standards, RN practice standards and code of ethics
Differentiate between the practice of a Registered Nurse (RN) and a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Exploring Nursing as a Regulated Profession
Learning Activities:
Complete a summary of the article “What do Nurses do” on the table of enquiry provided.
Nurses
Physicians
Time/Technology
Treatment/ care
Health/Illness
Review the various criteria of a profession in the reading material provided as well as other resources. Which criteria do you think best represents the nursing profession in Canada?
Visit the BCCNM website. Compare and contrast the practice of an RN, LPNs, RPN and NPs in BC. What are similarities? What are the differences?
From your readings, identify the legal obligation of the BCCNM RN regulatory body and how that obligation is accomplished
Describe how the professional standards are “in the public interest”.
Read about boundaries. Think about a time when you may have crossed a boundary
Write here what you think is the most important purpose of a Code of Ethics for the nursing profession.
Discuss what you think are the differences between ethics and standards.
