Public Engagement

YRNA Practice Standards and Guidelines Documents Open For Review and Comment

As part of the YRNA’s policy development process, members of the profession, public, First Nations rightsholders, government, and  fellow healthcare regulators are invited to review and comment on drafts before the Board determines the final form and content.  YRNA has two Practice Standards and Guidelines documents under development and open for review and comment.  The first if a Yukon Specific Scope of Practice document. The second is a new Code of Ethical Conduct document.  Details of both, along with an opportunity to provide comment are outlined below. 

Yukon Specific Scope of Practice Standards and Guidelines for Registered Nurses

The YRNA Board tasked the Nursing Practice Committee to develop a Scope of Practice Standard and Guideline for Registered Nursing in the Yukon. The committee drew on resources from across the country and internationally to inform its deliberations and drafting.  The YRNA board has approved the draft document to be published for review and comment.  The document will be finalized based on feedback received after which it will be submitted to the Board for approval as a YRNA Standard and Guideline.  The document will be shared first with YRNA registrants to allow them the first opportunity to review the document.  It will then be shared with a range of interested parties and stakeholders in the Yukon and across Canada.   

Call to Action:  The Scope of Practice Draft can be accessed here.  Please review the document and send us any comments or observations you may have. In so doing please focus on suggested solutions/edits.  Email your suggestions to:  admin@yrna.ca   

All comments will be considered. 

Additional Notes:  Please note that the current document does not deal with the topics of: (1) Delegation, (2) Supervision, (3) Duty to Report, or (4) Advanced/Expanded practice.  YRNA intends to address each of these topics under separate Standards/Guidelines documents.  The YRNA Board will be issuing a call for expressions of interest from subject matter experts within the profession in the Yukon to form working groups to address each of these topics.  If you wish to be considered for any of these working groups, please send us an email to admin@yrna.ca outlining your interest and expertise.

Code of Ethical Conduct

For many years, the YRNA has adopted and used the Code of Ethics developed by the Canadian Nurses Association.  That document has served the profession well.  It is however out of date.  Additionally, it does not reflect significant changes in governance and public expectation of regulators to be independent of advocacy organizations and self-interest advocacy.  The focus of modern regulatory Codes of Ethics is now entirely on competence, conduct and patient and cultural safety.  YRNA participated along with a number of our regulatory colleagues across the country in a shared project to draft a revised Code of Ethics. This document is based on the work undertaken by nursing regulators  in Ontario and British Columbia to revise their Codes of Ethics documents.  We are grateful to the College of Nurses of Ontario for their permission to use their document as a base from which to start.  

The YRNA board has approved the draft document to be published for review and comment.  The document will be finalized based on feedback received after which it will be submitted to the Board for approval as a YRNA Standard and Guideline.  The document will be shared first with YRNA registrants to allow them the first opportunity to review the document.  It will then be shared with a range of interested parties and stakeholders in the Yukon and across Canada.  

Call to Action:  The Code of Ethical Conduct can be accessed here.  Please review the document and send us any comments or observations you may have.  In so doing please focus on suggested solutions/edits.  Email your suggestions to:  admin@yrna.ca   

All comments will be considered.