Featured Information

National Nurse Practitioner Week is Nov. 9-15, 2025!

The Canadian Nurses Protective Society salutes and celebrates the dedication and expertise of Canada’s Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and their commitment to delivering high-quality, comprehensive care. NPs have extensive education and nursing experience that allows them to run independent practices, serve as primary care providers, and collaborate with other healthcare professionals within multidisciplinary teams. Some key...
Read more

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

Question: I am a nurse working in a community healthcare clinic. I am providing services to a patient who regularly fails to attend appointments, refuses to take prescribed medications as recommended, and has dismissed my proposed plan of care. I am concerned about their well-being and their compliance with clinic expectations regarding practitioner-patient communications. The...
Read more

Ask a Lawyer: Delegation and assignment

I am the charge nurse at a medical inpatient unit of a hospital. I work with registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) but now the hospital has announced there will be a health-care aide (HCA) on our unit. She will be replacing one of the LPNs. As the charge nurse, I will have...
Read more