HPA
For example,
College of Chiropractors of BC
College of Physicians & Surgeons of BC
College of Pharmacists of BC
Waht are examples of the 20 professional groups governed by the HPA?
You post pictures on Facebook of yourself with a patient on an outing
What is Privacy & Confidentiality?
Chief Nursing Officer (Cheryl Whittleton)
Who is the Council accountable to?
ALL:
RN/RPN/& LPN(peripheral route only) with additional education
WHo can administer IV medications?
Name three Tertiary sites within Interior Health
What are Royal Inland Hospital; Kelownal General Hospital and Hillside Centre?
Provides a common regulatory framework, defines who is regulated health professional, resrvers title, and defines scope
What is the significance of the HPA?
During a traditional cultural holiday, the family of a patient gives you money
What are Boundaries?
Improve care delivery through optimization of Nursing Scope of Practice.
Ensures IH meets regulatory requirements
Provide guidance to operations on how to optimize Nursing scope
What is a goal of the Council?
RN/RPN/LPN administer Glucagon without an order
Who can diagnose & Treat hypoglycemia without an order (with additional education & following a DST)?
Quality
Integrity
Respect
Trust
What are the four IHA Values?
LPN - Nurse, Liscensed Proactical Nurse, Pracical Nurse
RN - Nurse, Registered Nurse Licensed Graduate Nurse
RPN - Nurse, Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Psychiatric Nurse
What is a protected title?
You write about a conversation with a colleague, and include their name in the chart.
What is Documentation?
RN's in the Emergency Department may autonomously administer corticosteroids without an order for a know asthmatic.
What is a recent practice Standard the council has recommended for approval?
BC College of Nursing Professionals
Who is the regulatory body for Nursing in BC?
Cheryl Whittleton
Who is the Chief Nursing Officer?
Kelvin Britten
Who represents IH Nurses at the Provinicial HPA meeting?
You decide not to care fo a client, because they keep smoking in their house, without arranging an alternative care provider
What is Duty to Provide Care?
Health Professionals Act
BC College of Nursing Professionals
Interior Health Authority
Individual
What are the four controls on nursing practice in scope regulation
BC Centre for Disease Control (PHSA)
Name a BCCNP named agency responsible for developing additional competencies for nursing practice.
> 10, 000
How many nurses work in IH?
Minister of Health
Who decides who/or which group is deemed a health professional under the act?
Your colleague has a migraines and takes a Tylenol#3s from the patients' supply to get through the day
What is Duty to Report?
Decsion Support Tools (DST)
Additional Education
Additional Competencies
What are the three BCCNP required regulatory structures that ensure scope requirements are met whent he practice is behond entry level competency?
RN/RPN/LPN with BCCDC competencies following BCCDC DSTs, LPN>4yrs of age + on schedule & stable predictable states of health.
Who can immunise (or give flu vaccine) without an order?
What is one of the 7 Traditional Territories within Interior Health boundaries
Dakelh (Ka-Kelh)Dene;
Secwepemc (She-whep-m);
Ktunaxa (Tuna-ah-hah);
Sylix (O-kan-a-gan);
Stl'at l'mc (Stat-liem);
Nlaka'pamux (Ing-khla-kap-muh)
Tsilhqot'in (Chil-co-teen)