Resources

Related Standards of Practice

• Professional Standards for RPNs
• Scope of Practice for Registered Psychiatric Nurses: Standards, Limits and Conditions
• Code of Ethics for RPNs
• Consent practice standard   
• Duty to Provide Care practice standard
• Documentation practice standard
• Boundaries in the Nurse-Client Relationship practice standard
• Privacy and Confidentiality practice standard

Nurses who have questions about MAiD should contact a BCCNM Practice Consultant

• email at practice@bccnm.ca
• call 604.742.6200 or 1.866.880.7101.

Nurses may also seek independent legal advice.

External Resources

• BC government webpage on Medical Assistance in Dying (for patients and families)
• BC government MAiD resource page
  • Information for health-care providers
  • Provincial forms
• Federal government MAiD resource page
• Canadian Nurses Protective Society- Medical Assistance in Dying: What every nurse should know
• College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Professional Standards and Guidelines on Medical Assistance in Dying (Updated June 24, 2016)
• College of Pharmacists of BC resources
• MAiD course and clinical decision support tool: The provincial MAiD working group has created a series of three learning modules, Medical Assistance in Dying: The Role of the Nurse and an accompanying decision support tool. You can access these resources through your Health Authority or the Provincial Health Services Authority learning hub.