Working together as an interprofessional team, improves the quality of care and client outcomes (Kozier et al. 2010). Before this can happen, nurses must know who they are and what responsibilities they have in client care. Role clarity is knowing your role and what contribution you make to the interprofessional team.
Intraprofessional means within the same profession. In Ontario, nursing is one profession with two categories: Registered Nurses (RNs) and Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) (College of Nurses of Ontario). This assignment will provide an opportunity to explore the role of the nurse an RPN and the legislative standards that define those responsibilities.
Criteria for this assignment:
Regulated Health Professional:
· What does it mean to be a Regulated Health Professional
· Why is regulation important in health care
· What does it means to be in a self-regulating profession, connect this to nursing.
· Explain the purpose and importance of registration for nurses
· Explain the College of Nurses Practice Standards and their significance to an RPN
Role of the Registered Practical Nurse:
· Explore ONE RPN role in detail to write about.
· You can consider any RPN role, some which you may consider include:
Palliative care, Medicine, Med-Surg, LTC, Geriatric, Homecare, Primary Care, Mental health
· Describe the role of this professional.
· What nursing services do they provide? Consider a comprehensive overview of what their role might look like on a given shift? What responsibilities would they have? How does this enhance health promotion and quality of life for clients?
· Define and discuss patient centred care. What does it mean to give “client-centered” care, and how would a nurse in this role demonstrate this principle?
· Discuss what entry level education and continuing education / training is required for this position.
· Employment
o Discuss what environments this nurse would work in?
o How much are they paid? Where does the funding come from?
· Intraprofessional / Interprofessional collaboration
In detail discuss collaboration, specifically, when and how this nurse might collaborate with other health team members.
Paper Expectations:
The assignment must:
Be written in APA format with citations and references according to APA @ Conestoga
Have a title page, headers and page numbers
Be in Ariel 12 font, double-spaced
Be no more than 5 pages (not including cover or references). The paper will not be marked beyond the paper limits.
Submitted electronically on the course shell.
Turn-it-in enabled on shell.
See Student Handbook for regulations regarding late assignments.
TIPS:
-Look closely at the rubric so you know how you are being evaluated.
-Use reliable references, this may mean doing some research to ensure what you are putting in your paper is accurate.
-Use Canadian references when you can. A lot of information across the border, does not apply here.
– Check each citation / reference to ensure it is APA.
– Use in text quotations, but be sure to follow up with your own discussion of the quotation.
