Appendix B: Resources

Docu​​ments

• Bylaws of the BC College of Nurses and Midwives​

Nurse Practitioner Competencies & Streams of Practice

• Entry-Level Competencies for Nurse Practitioners in Canada
• Applying the Competencies Required for Nurse Practitioners in British Columbia
• Nurse Practitioner Streams of Practice
• Competencies for Nurse Practitioner Prescribing of Controlled Drugs and Substances

Practice Standards

See complete list on the BCCNM website www.bccnm.ca.

• Appropriate Use of Titles
• Boundaries in the Nurse-Client Relationship
• Communicable Diseases: Preventing Nurse-to-Client Transmission
• Conflict of Interest
• Consent
• Delegating Tasks to Unregulated Care Providers
• Medication
• Documentation
• Duty to Provide Care
• Duty to Report
• Employed Student Registrants
• Privacy and Confidentiality
• Regulatory Supervision of Nursing Student Activities
  

Professional Standards

• Professional Standards for Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners

Practice Support

If you have questions about your scope of practice or other standards, you can talk with a Regulatory Practice Consultant.

• Email practice@bccnm.ca or call
• 604.742.6200 x8803 (Metro Vancouver)
• Toll-free 1.866.880.7101 x8803 (within Canada only)

Relevant Legislation

• BC Laws
• Justice Laws Website
• Regulation of nurses

Prescribing Resources

• Rapid Access to Consultative Expertise (RACE)  (604) 696-2131 or 1-877-696-2131
• Electronic Consultative Access to Specialist Expertise (eCASE)

Opioid Agonist Treatment Prescribing resources

Guidelines

BC Centre on Substance Use

• A Guideline for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder
• Guidance for Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC

• Safe Prescribing of Drugs with Potential for Misuse/Diversion

Education

Courses available from the BC Centre on Substance Use:

• Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program — for prescribers who plan to prescribe opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder
• Online Addiction Medicine Diploma — for health care professionals interested in learning about providing care for all substance use disorders, including opioid addiction

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