Transforming nursing through knowledge

Professional Accountability: All Resources

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    The Professional Practice Network of Ontario (PPNO) has grown from an informal network to an incorporated entity, still retaining the concept of networking, bringing together in collaboration and sharing, leaders in the field of professional practice across the province.
    The forum is an opportunity to link with colleagues representing any of the professional disciplines found in today's health care system. It is a forum to network, to share expertise, to educate each other and be educated around the broadly defined philosophy of patient service, leadership, collaboration, best practice, accountability and all things that happen at the space where patient and health care provider come together.
    Our Vision
    A forum of excellence where leaders work in partnership for the purpose of advancing professional practice in Ontario.
    Our Purpose
    1. To provide a forum for communication and collaboration among leaders in professional practice within the  Ontario health care system. 
    2. To promote the development of new knowledge in professional practice.
    3. To promote excellence in professional practice.
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    The Ontario Public Health Standards are published as the guidelines for the provision of mandatory health programs and services by the 
    Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, pursuant to Section 7 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.7.
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    A cross-national study of the role of leadership in health-system redesign. The team's goal was to identify ways to foster leadership for health-system redesign in Canada and, using a participatory-action research approach, to eplore the dynamics of leadership in the particular health-system redesign effort each sub-team was studying.

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    Nursing leaders are indispensable in creating positive nursing work environments that retain an empowered and satisfied nursing
    workforce.
     
    Positive and supportive leadership styles can lower patient mortality and improve nurses’ health, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, emotional exhaustion, and intent to stay in their position.
     
    The results of this study support the role of positive leadership approaches that empower nurses and discourage workplace incivility and burnout in nursing work environments.
     
    The findings also provide empirical support for the notion of resonant leadership, a relatively new theory of relationship-focused leadership approaches. 
     
    This research adds to the growing body of knowledge documenting the key role of positive leadership practices in creating healthy work environments that promote retention of nurses in a time of a severe nursing shortage.

     

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    The theme of this Editorial issue is ‘Global Nursing Leadership’. The terms ‘global’ or ‘globalisation’ are not new, but have been used increasingly since the mid-1980s, forexample, in the newspapers and media. How often do we stop and think: what do these really mean? What is globalisation? Today it is easy to ‘Google’ everything and find from the internet that… ‘Globalisation is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture…
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    The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has held a clear position about the importance of regulation in assuring safe and competent nursing practice in order to protect the public since its inception more than 100 years ago. ICN recognises that the regulation of nurses is carried out to ensure that the public receives safe and ethical nursing care from competent nurses.
     
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    The Nursing Act, 1991, in conjunction with the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA), came into effect in 1993. These two pieces of legislation determine how the nursing profession is regulated in Ontario. The RHPA contains a procedural code applicable to all of Ontario’s self-regulated health professions. The Nursing Act establishes the mandate of the College of Nurses of Ontario and defines a scope of practice for the nursing profession. Regulations are made under the Nursing Act about registration (e.g., classes of registration, entry-to-practice requirements, title protection), controlled acts (including initiation), quality assurance and professional misconduct. 
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    The scope of practice model is set out in the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA) and consists of two elements: a scope of practice statement and a series of authorized or controlled acts. 
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    In this month’s column, Stephanie Ferguson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director, International Council of Nurses’ (ICN) Leadership for Change Programme; Facilitator, ICN Global Nursing Leadership Institute; ICN Consultant for Nursing and Health Policy; and World Health Organization Consultant, provides a perspective on the importance of global nursing excellence and highlights the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s strategic global quest for nursing excellence.
     
    The global quest for nursing excellence is a priority for all nurse leaders, managers, and nurses. Whether delivering healthcare, teaching the next generation of nurses and midwives, engaging in research aimed at strengthening nursing practice, or being active in health policy, excellence is the collective goal.

     

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    Presentation provided at the National Health Leadership Conference, Niagara Falls, ON, 10-11 June 2013.

    Objective: Seek ways to increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness while safeguarding residents, staff and the organization