3 May 2023

The week draws attention to nurses, increasing the awareness of the public, policy-makers and governments of the many contributions of nursing to the well-being of Canadians. In 1971, ICN designated May 12, the birthday of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, as International Nurses Day. In 1985, CNA members passed a resolution to begin negotiations with the […]

The Nurse Practitioner Regulation Framework Implementation Plan Project (NPR-FIPP) in Canada aims to establish a new model for Nurse Practitioner (NP) regulation that promotes patient safety, consistency, collaboration, and mobility. This involves aligning graduate-level education programs with revised NP Entry-Level Competencies (ELCs) and implementing a single national NP entry-level exam for all NPs in Canada.

This research aims to provide a Canadian perspective of how community registered nurses should be involved and prepared to integrate artificial intelligence into clinical practice. Artificial intelligence describes technology that can mimic human-like behaviour (e.g., decision-making). While nurses gather much of the healthcare data, they are not involved with how the data is used in