{"id":243,"date":"2024-03-06T03:05:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T08:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=243"},"modified":"2024-03-25T08:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:40:42","slug":"1-5-1","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/1-5-1\/","title":{"raw":"1.5.1 NP Practice Legislation","rendered":"1.5.1 NP Practice Legislation"},"content":{"raw":"NP scopes of practice vary across Canada. Without a pan-Canadian licensure, NP mobility and ability for full scope of practice is impacted.\r\n\r\nSome jurisdictions prevent NPs from:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Prescribing controlled substances<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Admitting &amp; discharging from hospital<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Admitting to LTC<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ordering &amp; interpreting diagnostic tests<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Completing federal and third party forms[footnote]Canadian Nurses Association, 2016[\/footnote][footnote]Canadian Nurses Association, 2006[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThese barriers must be removed to enable NPs to practice to full scope.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recommended Reading:<\/strong> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cihi.ca\/en\/nurse-practitioner-scopes-of-practice-vary-across-canadas-provinces-and-territories\">Nurse practitioner scopes of practice vary across Canada\u2019s provinces and territories | CIHI<\/a>","rendered":"<p>NP scopes of practice vary across Canada. Without a pan-Canadian licensure, NP mobility and ability for full scope of practice is impacted.<\/p>\n<p>Some jurisdictions prevent NPs from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prescribing controlled substances<\/li>\n<li>Admitting &amp; discharging from hospital<\/li>\n<li>Admitting to LTC<\/li>\n<li>Ordering &amp; interpreting diagnostic tests<\/li>\n<li>Completing federal and third party forms<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Nurses Association, 2016\" id=\"return-footnote-243-1\" href=\"#footnote-243-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Nurses Association, 2006\" id=\"return-footnote-243-2\" href=\"#footnote-243-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These barriers must be removed to enable NPs to practice to full scope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading:<\/strong> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cihi.ca\/en\/nurse-practitioner-scopes-of-practice-vary-across-canadas-provinces-and-territories\">Nurse practitioner scopes of practice vary across Canada\u2019s provinces and territories | CIHI<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-243-1\">Canadian Nurses Association, 2016 <a href=\"#return-footnote-243-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-243-2\">Canadian Nurses Association, 2006 <a href=\"#return-footnote-243-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":16,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-243","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":46,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/243","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":5,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/243\/revisions\/351"}],"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\/243\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}