Module 1: Introduction & Overview of NP Role in LTC

1.5.1 NP Practice Legislation

NP scopes of practice vary across Canada. Without a pan-Canadian licensure, NP mobility and ability for full scope of practice is impacted.

Some jurisdictions prevent NPs from:

  • Prescribing controlled substances
  • Admitting & discharging from hospital
  • Admitting to LTC
  • Ordering & interpreting diagnostic tests
  • Completing federal and third party forms[1][2]

These barriers must be removed to enable NPs to practice to full scope.

Recommended Reading:  Nurse practitioner scopes of practice vary across Canada’s provinces and territories | CIHI

  1. Canadian Nurses Association, 2016 ↵
  2. Canadian Nurses Association, 2006 ↵

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