Registered Psychiatric Nurse

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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,…