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Education & Resources

CNPS educational resources cover a wide variety of legal topics related to nursing practice. Resources below are sorted by topic.
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CNPS educational resources cover a wide variety of legal topics related to nursing practice. Resources below are sorted by topic.

Searching for a specific CNPS publication? Visit our publications page.

We have also curated resources by community of practice.

Do you have a general-interest question you’d like to have addressed in the Ask a Lawyer column? Contact us!

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Ask a Lawyer: Documentation During Staffing Shortages

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InfoLAW: Asynchronous Virtual Care

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Ask a Lawyer: Working Under a Different Nursing Class, Designation, or Role

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Ask a Lawyer: Dual Licensure: What considerations are there if I work as a nurse, and in a different profession?

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Ask a Lawyer: Engaging with non-compliant patients and discontinuing nursing services

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Ask a Lawyer: Eligibility for CNPS Assistance: Working Outside of Canada

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Ask a Lawyer: Eligibility for CNPS Assistance: Providing Care to Non-Residents of Canada

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COVID-19

COVID-19: Considerations for Occupational Health Nurses: Disclosure of Vaccination Status (all provinces and territories)

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Article, COVID-19

Intimidation of Health-Care Professionals: Changes to the Criminal Code in Effect as of January 16, 2022

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COVID-19

Legal Considerations Regarding the Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines

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Article, COVID-19

Four Things to Know About Professional Nursing Services During a Pandemic

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COVID-19

COVID-19: Footcare nursing during the pandemic

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Article, Reports and Statements

Template Form: Consent to use electronic communications

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Article

Twelve Things to Consider Before Joining a Virtual Care Practice

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COVID-19

Six Considerations for Independent Practice During a Pandemic

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Ask a Lawyer: Models of Protection

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Hydromorphone: Handle with Care

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Article, Reports and Statements

Medical Assistance in Dying: What every nurse should know

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Article, Reports and Statements

Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes: What Every Nurse Should Know

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InfoLAW: Occupational Health Nursing

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Ask a Lawyer: Mature Minor

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Ask a Lawyer: Parent’s Request for Minor’s Health Records

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Ask a Lawyer: Electronic Medical Records and Independent Practice

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Article

Legal case study: Distraction by cell phone

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Article

Nurse Practitioner Series: Are you aware of the implications of completing a patient form?

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InfoLAW: Operating Room Nursing

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Article

Physician Assisted Death: What does this mean for nurses?

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Article, Reports and Statements

CMPA/CNPS Joint Statement on Liability Protection for NPs and Physicians in Collaborative Practice

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Ask a Lawyer: Ending the NP-Client Relationship

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Ask a Lawyer: Nurse Practitioner Billing

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InfoLAW: Obstetrical Nursing

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Article

Intermittent Auscultation of the fetal heart rate

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InfoLAW: Social Media

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Ask a lawyer: Social media

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Ask a lawyer: Texting updates to other health professionals

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InfoLAW: Privacy and Electronic Medical Records

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InfoLAW: Privilege

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InfoLAW: Mobile Devices in the Workplace

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InfoLAW: Evidence

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Ask a Lawyer: Providing an Expert Opinion

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InfoLAW: Communicating with the Police

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InfoLAW: Malpractice Lawsuits

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InfoLAW: Expert Witness

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InfoLAW: Examinations for Discovery

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Article

Cyberlaw

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InfoLAW: Mobile Healthcare Apps

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InfoLAW: Legal Risks of Email – Part 1: Privacy Concerns

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InfoLAW: Legal Risks of Email – Part 2: Practical Considerations

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InfoLAW: Nurse as an Advocate

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Article

Are you a custodian or trustee of health records?

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InfoLAW: Privacy

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Ask a Lawyer: Accessing One’s Own Personal Health Information

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Ask a lawyer: Notifying police of stab wounds

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InfoLAW: Consent for CPR

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InfoLAW: Consent to Treatment: The role of the nurse

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InfoLAW: Consent for the Incapable Adult

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InfoLAW: Quality Documentation: Your Best Defence

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Ask a Lawyer: Documentation of Late Entries

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InfoLAW: Patient Safety

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InfoLAW: Legal Risks in Nursing

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InfoLAW: Medication Errors

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InfoLAW: Reporting & Disclosure of Adverse Events

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InfoLAW: Negligence

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InfoLAW: Patient Restraints

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InfoLAW: Telepractice

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InfoLAW: Defamation

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Article

Defamation Actions

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InfoLAW: Nurse as a Witness

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Article

The Nurse as an Expert Witness

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Ask a lawyer: Volunteer work

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Ask a lawyer: Working with unregulated care providers

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Ask a lawyer: Complementary Therapies

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Ask a Lawyer: Providing Cosmetic Services

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Ask a lawyer: Good Samaritan

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Article

Providing Professional Nursing Services During a Natural Disaster

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Article

Administration of medications not approved by Health Canada

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Ask a Lawyer: Delegation and Assignment

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InfoLAW: Communication

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InfoLAW: Legal Status of an Apology

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InfoLAW: Emergency Room Closures

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InfoLAW: Confidentiality of Health Information

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COVID-19

Legal Considerations When Nursing in a Pandemic

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Article

Reduced Resources and Liability Risks

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InfoLAW: Delegation to Unregulated Care Providers

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Article

Professional Liability During the Shortage

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Article

Managing Legal Risks in Preceptorships

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InfoLAW: Supervision

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InfoLAW: RN Prescribing

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Ask a Lawyer: RN Prescribing

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