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CNO provides practice standards and guidelines to support nurses in providing safe and ethical nursing care to the people of Ontario. Practice standards outline the expectations for nurses that contribute to public protection.
- PRACTICE STANDARD
The College of Nurses of Ontario’s (CNO’s) practice...
- Learn About Standards Guidelines
CNO has created a set of practice standards and guidelines...
- Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct (Code) is a practice standard describing...
- PRACTICE STANDARD
The College of Nurses of Ontario’s (CNO’s) practice standards apply to all nurses, regardless of their role or practice area. CNO publishes practice standards to promote safe, effective, ethical care, and to: outline the generally accepted expectations of nurses and set out the professional basis of nursing practice;
CNO has created a set of practice standards and guidelines that apply to all nurses in Ontario regardless of their role, job description or area of practice. This section offers resources to help nurses apply the practice standards to their practice, as well as other documents and resources created by CNO for the benefit of nurses, applicants ...
Professional Standards, Revised 2002 (Professional Standards) provides an overall framework for the practice of nursing and a link with other standards, guidelines and competencies developed by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO). It describes in broad terms the professional expectations of nurses1
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Introduction. Nurses1 often face decisions about whether they can perform specific activities. This practice standard outlines the legislated scope of nursing practice and other key requirements for nurses when deciding whether to perform an activity for safe client care.
The College of Nurses Standards for Practice include continued competency, professional service to the public, current and relevant knowledge, application of this knowledge, professional behaviour, responsibility/accountability, and upholding ethical standards.
The Code of Conduct (Code) is a practice standard describing the accountabilities all nurses registered in Ontario have to clients, employers, colleagues and the public. It explains what people can expect from nurses.
