The Practice of Nursing
Registered Nurses (RNs) receive legal authority to use the title “registered nurse” or “RN” through provincial and territorial legislation and regulation.
RN Exam
The purpose of the CRNE is to protect the public by ensuring that the entry-level registered nurse possesses the competencies required to practise safely and effectively.
Regulation of RNs
The purpose of nursing regulation is to protect the public. Regulation assures Canadians that they are receiving safe and ethical care from competent, qualified registered nurses.
Leadership
Nursing requires strong, consistent and knowledgeable leaders who are visible, inspire others and support professional nursing practice.
Specialty Certification
Certification in one of 19 specialties/areas of nursing practice shows commitment to nursing excellence and continuing competence!
Knowledge Resources
NurseONE, CNA’s gateway to knowledge resources keeping nurses current, credible, competent and connected.
National Expert Commission
Nursing requires strong, consistent and knowledgeable leaders who are visible, inspire others and support professional nursing practice.
The Next Decade
CNA’s Vision for Nursing and Health envisions solutions to meet many of our health-care challenges and is intended to help members work in their own areas of practice to build a better future for Canadian health care ...
Fixing the Health-Care System
We must continually bring to the attention of managers, executives, employers and health-care decision-makers the value of nursing and the difference that registered nurses (RN) make ...
Staffing
CNA and its partners have developed a range of resources to support nurses in making staff-mix decisions that maximize outcomes.
Nursing Ethics
The Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses is a statement of the ethical values of nurses and of nurses’ commitments to persons with health-care needs and persons receiving care.
Nurse Fatigue and
Patient Safety
To determine prevailing norms across Canada related to fatigue in nursing and patient safety, CNA and RNAO conducted…
Programs and Partnerships
The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) has a long history of working on behalf of its membership to advance international health policy and development in Canada and abroad to support global health and equity.
The Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses
The Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses is a statement of the ethical values of nurses and of nurses' commitments to persons with health-care needs and persons receiving care.
Canadian Registered Nurse Examination
Prep Guide
The fifth edition of this prep guide will help you prepare for the Canadian Registered Nurse Examination (CRNE) from June 2010 to 2015.
Canadian Nurse Practitioner Examination: Family/All Ages Prep Guide, Second Edition (2011)
The second edition of this prep guide will help you prepare for the Canadian Nurse Practitioner Examination: Family/All Ages (CNPE: F/AA) from May 2011-April 2016.
Staffing
Staff mix decisions are made within the context of a nursing care delivery model.
Getting the right mix is the key to achieving positive client, staff and organizational outcomes. If the staff mix isn’t aligned with client, staff and organizational factors, as well as guiding principles, outcomes can be in jeopardy.
CNA and its partners have developed a range of resources to support nurses in making staff mix decisions that maximize outcomes. Use these resources to gain insights into how staffing decisions can affect the delivery of safe care.
- CNA Research Summaries - staffing
- Maximizing Health Human Resources: Valuing Unregulated Health Workers (Pan-Canadian Planning Committee on Unregulated Health Workers (2009)
- Unregulated Health Workers: A Canadian and Global Perspective (CNA, 2008)
- Valuing Health-Care Team Members: Working with Unregulated Health Workers (Pan-Canadian Planning Committee on Unregulated Health Workers (2008)
- Staffing for Safety: A Synthesis of the Evidence on Nurse Staffing and Patient Safety (CHSRF, 2006)
- National Planning for Human Resources in the Health Sector (CNA, 2005)
- Nursing Leadership in a Changing World (CNA, 2005)
- Nursing Staff Mix: A Key Link to Patient Safety (CNA, 2005)
- Staffing Decisions for the Delivery of Safe Nursing Care (CNA, 2003)
