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Nursing

Our Diverse Roles

nursing image We have a diverse range of roles within the nursing profession. Examples include:

Staff Registered Nurse

A staff registered nurse is responsible for delivering patient-focused care through the following seven domains of nursing practice:

  • diagnostic and patient monitoring
  • administering and monitoring therapeutic regimens
  • managing increasing complex and rapidly changing situations
  • creating a climate for and establishing a commitment to healing
  • teaching and coaching
  • leadership and professional practice
  • building and maintaining a therapeutic team and managing in a changing environment

Advanced Practice Nurse

An advanced practice nurse (APN) is a registered nurse with advanced knowledge in a specialized area of clinical practice. The advanced practice nurse role includes nurses working as clinical nurse specialists (CNS), acute care nurse practitioners (ACNP), or primary health care nurse practitioners (PHCNP). The APN contributes to quality care and nursing clinical scholarship through the following competencies or domains of practice as defined by the Canadian Nurses Association:

  1. practitioner
  2. collaborator
  3. researcher
  4. leader
  5. change agent

Clinical Educator

The clinical educator provides education to staff to support professional development and promote safe and effective practice. The clinical educator teaches, guides, supports and evaluates staff to maximize their potential as learners and to enhance their care capabilities.

Clinical Leader/Manager

The clinical leader/manager (CLM) provides leadership and direction at the unit level to interdisciplinary teams to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of high quality patient care. The CLM, using their teambuilding and change management skills, is primarily accountable for the quality of patient care, utilization of resources, professional practice and staff development, customer and staff satisfaction, and developing innovative, team-based approaches to the day-to-day management of the unit and to the delivery of service.

Patient Flow Manager

The patient flow manager is responsible for facilitating the movement of patients to the appropriate unit, assessing the suitability and availability of beds and services, problem solving with staff in various units and facilitating discharge planning and co-ordination. The patient flow manager works to reduce wait times for patients and backlogs in the emergency, recovery and admitting departments.