NPs' primary role is to provide
direct clinical care in managing the health needs of individuals, family and communities, and is a protected title in all provinces except for Ontario and the Yukon.
All staff, both male and female, involved in
direct clinical care will be expected to not wear jewellery, watches, ties, scarves, wraps and other superfluous clothing.
The new policy also bans staff involved in
direct clinical care from wearing jewellery, watches, scarves and wraps.
In most situations of
direct clinical care, it would be desirable for the treating provider to make determinations about access to a minor's protected health information.
Now the GMC has banned him from
direct clinical care of patients.
* Only nurses providing
direct clinical care should be included in the ratios.
(c) The Association and the Ministry have agreed that staffing will be determined by the Nursing Hours Per Patient Day ('NHPPD') specified below, provided over a week, to determine the number of nurses required to provide
direct clinical care. The number of nursing hours per patient day may also be expressed as an equivalent ratio."
For the purposes of this registration standard, practice is not restricted to the provision of
direct clinical care. It also includes working in a non-clinical relationship with clients, working in management, administration, education, research, advisory, regulatory or policy development roles, and any other roles that impact on safe, effective delivery of services in the profession and/or use of their professional skills.