Licensed Practical Nurse

  • Unregulated Care Providers In Community Settings

    This document outlines the responsibilities and accountabilities of the nurse when collaborating with the client, family, health care professionals and employers to meet the needs of a client in the community setting through authorizing unregulated care providers to perform a…

  • Toolkit for Resolving Professional Practice Issues

    The Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses is the regulatory body for nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). The mandate of the College is to protect the public through regulation of the nursing profession in accordance with the Nurses Act.…

  • Therapeutic Nurse Client Relationship

    The Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses is the regulatory body for all nurses in the province. The mandate of the College is to protect the public through regulation of the nursing profession in accordance with the Nurses Act. This…

  • Self-Employment for Licensed Practical Nurses

    College Mission The Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses is the regulatory body for nurses in the province. The mandate of the College is to protect the public through regulation of the nursing profession in accordance with the Nurses Act.…

  • Professionalism

    The Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses, is the regulatory body for nurses in the province. The mandate of the College is to protect the public through regulation of the nursing profession in accordance with the Nurses Act. Professionalism in…

  • Medication Management

    This document provides direction for nurses in relation to the professional expectations for safe, competent, compassionate, and ethical medication management in all practice settings, and in all employment and volunteer relationships (e.g., employed or self-employed; camp nurse). The principles and…

  • Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

    On February 22, 2024, the Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses’ Board approved an edit to the current College MAID document as a result of the release of the new Federal Model Practice Standard for MAID in Spring 2023 and…

  • Dispensing in the Provincial Health Authority

    The Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses is the regulatory body for all nurses in the province. The mandate of the College is to protect the public through regulation of the nursing profession in accordance with the Nurses Act. This…

  • Care Directives and Pre-Printed Orders

    The purpose of this document is to outline the practice expectations for nurses implementing care (medical) directives or preprinted orders to carry out specific competencies that are within the scope of the nurse, but would otherwise require a client-specific, direct…

  • Considerations for Determining Assignment of Care

    The Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses has the legislated authority to set the scope of practice for nurses in the province of NL. Nurses are accountable to practice independently and in collaboration with the health care team while understanding…