Nurse Practitioner

  • 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

    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. This document…

  • Registered Nurse Prescribing Practice Guideline

    The Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses (NLCN) is the regulatory body for nurses in the province. The mandate of the College is to protect the public through self-regulation of the nursing profession in accordance with the Nurses Act (2024)…

  • Registered Nurse Prescribing Framework

    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 self-regulation of the nursing profession in accordance with the Nurses Act (2024) and…

  • 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…

  • Nurse Practitioners Closing or Leaving Practice

    Nurse Practitioners Closing or Leaving Practice – Temporarily or Permanently Nurse Practitioners (NPs) have a professional obligation to provide safe, competent, and ethical care for clients and to establish therapeutic nurse client relationships (TNCRs) that are culturally safe and equitable.…

  • Nurse Practitioners Authorizing the Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes

    On February 21, 2019, Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses Board approved that NPs in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) who have the individual competence (necessary knowledge, skills, and judgment) could authorize the use of cannabis for medical purposes. This regulatory…

  • 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…