{"id":121,"date":"2024-03-06T00:15:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T05:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=121"},"modified":"2024-05-11T14:38:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T18:38:33","slug":"1-1","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/1-1\/","title":{"raw":"1.1 Background","rendered":"1.1 Background"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Jurisdictional Policy Scan: Nurse Practitioners<\/h1>\r\nA nurse practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse with master\u2019s level education &amp; experience with competencies to:\r\n<div>\u2022Autonomously diagnose<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022Order and interpret diagnostic tests<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022Prescribe pharmaceuticals<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022Perform specific procedures<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022Admit &amp; discharge from hospital<\/div>\r\nNPs practice within their legislated scope of practice, support individuals, communities and populations in different settings across Canada.\r\n\r\nFrom the 2022 pan-Canadian statistics review of regulated nurses according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)[footnote]Canadian Nurses Association, n.d.[\/footnote][footnote] Canadian Institute for Health Information, n.d.)[\/footnote], the following was identified:\r\n<div>\u20227,113 NPs working in direct patient care in Canada<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022Number of NPs increased between 2021 and 2022 by 10%<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022NPs were the largest increase of all nursing designations and one of the fastest growing professions in health care<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022Majority of NPs were educated in Canada<\/div>","rendered":"<h1>Jurisdictional Policy Scan: Nurse Practitioners<\/h1>\n<p>A nurse practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse with master\u2019s level education &amp; experience with competencies to:<\/p>\n<div>\u2022Autonomously diagnose<\/div>\n<div>\u2022Order and interpret diagnostic tests<\/div>\n<div>\u2022Prescribe pharmaceuticals<\/div>\n<div>\u2022Perform specific procedures<\/div>\n<div>\u2022Admit &amp; discharge from hospital<\/div>\n<p>NPs practice within their legislated scope of practice, support individuals, communities and populations in different settings across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>From the 2022 pan-Canadian statistics review of regulated nurses according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Nurses Association, n.d.\" id=\"return-footnote-121-1\" href=\"#footnote-121-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Institute for Health Information, n.d.)\" id=\"return-footnote-121-2\" href=\"#footnote-121-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a>, the following was identified:<\/p>\n<div>\u20227,113 NPs working in direct patient care in Canada<\/div>\n<div>\u2022Number of NPs increased between 2021 and 2022 by 10%<\/div>\n<div>\u2022NPs were the largest increase of all nursing designations and one of the fastest growing professions in health care<\/div>\n<div>\u2022Majority of NPs were educated in Canada<\/div>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-121-1\">Canadian Nurses Association, n.d. <a href=\"#return-footnote-121-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-121-2\"> Canadian Institute for Health Information, n.d.) <a href=\"#return-footnote-121-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[67,61],"license":[],"class_list":["post-121","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless","contributor-adhiba-nilormi","contributor-carrie-heer"],"part":46,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/517"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/121\/revisions\/353"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/46"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/121\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}