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Independent practice guidelines
CASE RNs has compiled provincial guidelines for Registered Nurses in independent practice across Canada. Click on any document to review the guidelines.
British Columbia
Standards of Practice for self-employed RNs and NPs
Alberta
Guidelines for self-employed RNs and NPs
Self assessment checklist for self-employed RNs and NPs
Saskatchewan
Self-Employed Practice: Guidelines for Registered Nurses
Manitoba
Self-Employed Worksheet, College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba
Self-Employed Checklist for Self-Employed Registered Nurses
Ontario
Practice Guidelines for Self-Employed Nurses, College of Nurses of Ontario
Quebec
Indépendance professionnelle et conflits d’intérêts, Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Quebec
Pratique infirmière dans le secteur privé, Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Quebec
New Brunswick
Guidelines for Self-Employed Registered Nurses, Nurses Association of New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
A Guide for Self-Employed Registered Nurses, College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Standards for Nursing Practice, College of Registered Nurses of Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland and Labrador
The International Council of Nurses handbook:
"Looking for more professionally satisfying and personally fulfilling ways to contribute
to health care provision systems, nurses are reclaiming their traditional right to independent
practice in small but growing numbers. They are expanding their clinical roles and offering a
range of innovative services, with the focus primarily on health promotion, illness and accident
prevention, chronic and palliative care, rehabilitation and support services, clinical specialty
practice and management consultancy. Efficient clinicians, these nurses are also providing
quality and effective services and creating a positive public image as patient advocates,
caregivers, counsellors and educators. This independent-minded group of nurses include both
entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs.
As with any systemic or organisational change, the reintroduction of nurse entrepreneurs
requires careful preparation of the practitioners and the field while at the same time creating
the necessary legal, socio-economic, professional and personal support structures. National
nurses associations (NNAs) have an important role to play in the ongoing evolution of nurse
entrepreneurship and a major responsibility to monitor and evaluate the results in terms of
patient outcomes and nurses' sense of professional well-being."