Nurse Practitioner

  • 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…

  • Ending the Therapeutic Nurse Practitioner Client Relationship

    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. TNCRs are foundational to the practice of an NP, however,…

  • Employers Adding a New or Emerging Competency

    As knowledge and technology advance and health care environments change, nursing practice continually evolves. Increasingly, RNs, NPs, and RPNs face decisions about performing procedures, competencies, or activities that are new, or were previously the responsibility of other health care professionals.…

  • 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…

  • Continuing Competency Program Guide

    Introduction Welcome to the College’s Continuing Competency Program (CCP). This guide will assist you in navigating the new CCP and provides step by step instructions and detailed suggestions and tips on how to complete each step of the new program.…

  • 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…

  • Virtual Nursing Licensure Requirements

    The Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses is the regulatory body for nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). The primary mandate of the College is public protection. The College achieves this by ensuring that nurses meet the requirements for registration…

  • Transition To Practice

    This document outlines the Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses’ position that structured transition to practice programs or processes foster the safe integration and retention of newly licensed nurses into nursing or psychiatric nursing practice in the interest of safe,…

  • Social Media And Networking Platforms

    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. Nurses…