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RNAO response to CNO practice guideline_Virtual Care - June 14_

14 Jun 2024

RNAO welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the CNO on the draft practice guideline titled Virtual Care. [...] Concern RNAO recommendation Considerations when providing virtual care Provide a statement that employers are section: The statements in this section advise responsible for implementing and maintaining nurses of their responsibility to “advocate for regularly updated policies and for ensuring that resources and policies,” and to “only use verified the necessary clinical practice resources be techn. [...] Nursing competence section: The following Include a statement that employers should statement that nurses should “determine if the provide resources such as access to interpreter client understands the information or advice services to assist nurses with supporting the care provided through virtual care” does not take into delivery process as outlined in the retired consideration the need for reso. [...] The statement that advises nurses they are responsible for “supporting the development of virtual care policies and procedure to ensure alignment with the CNO’s standards of practice in the interest of client safety” does not identify that employers are also responsible for including nurses in the development of policies and procedures. [...] Include language in the Environment Supports and Resources section that identifies the requirement of health-service and academic organizations to provide ongoing education to support nurses with delivering culturally safe care when using digital technologies to keep pace with advancements in technology and a changing health care environment.

Authors

Alanna Coleman

Pages
7
Published in
Canada

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