Nursing Competencies, Standards, Guidelines, Best Practices

Compiled by Deb Ayotte, September 2008

American Assoc of Critical Care Nurses
http://www.aacn.org

Competencies
Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador
http://www.arnnl.nf.ca/menu/competencies.shtml

Standards
Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador
http://www.arnnl.nf.ca/menu/nursing_practice.shtml

Practice Position Statements & Guidelines
Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador
http://www.arnnl.nf.ca/menu/practice.shtml

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
http://www.awhonn.org (see practice resources)

Standards and Best Practices
Canadian Nurses Association
http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/practice/standards/default_e.aspx
(refers readers to provincial/territorial/specialty associations)

Standards & Guidelines
College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA)
http://www.nurses.ab.ca/Carna/index.aspx?WebStructureID=2228

Position Statements & Interpretive Documents
College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA)
http://www.nurses.ab.ca/Carna/index.aspx?WebStructureID=2227

Documents List
College of Nurses of Ontario
http://www.cno.org/pubs/publist.html

Nursing Practice Standards and Supports
College of Registered Nurses of BC
http://www.crnbc.ca/NursingPractice.aspx

Standards, Competencies, Interpretive Documents, Fact Sheets
College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba
http://www.crnm.mb.ca/publications.php

Publications List
College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia
http://www.crnns.ca/default.asp?id=190&sfield=Content.Id&mn=414.70.80.223&search=1492

Standards of Practice
Community Health Nurses Association of Canada
http://www.chnac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=36

Standards
Nurses Association of New Brunswick
http://www.nanb.nb.ca/index.cfm?include=practice3

Position Statements
Nurses Association of New Brunswick
http://www.nanb.nb.ca/index.cfm?include=practice5

Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association
http://www.cgna.net/files/standards.pdf

Canadian Association of Nephrology Nurses and Technologists
http://www.cannt.ca/standards

Canadian Standards of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
http://www.cfmhn.ca/resources/multimedia/PDF/28065-%20singles.pdf

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nurses in Primary Care
First Nations & Inuit Health
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnih-spni/pubs/nursing-infirm/2000_clin-guide/index_e.html

Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center
http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/products_services/evidence_based.htm

Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice
Infusion Nurses Society
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16429002
http://www.ins1.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3310

Joanna Briggs Institute
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pubs/best_practice.php


Oncology Nursing Society
http://onsopcontent.ons.org/toolkits/evidence/

Competencies
Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
http://www.rnantnu.ca/ContinuingCompetencePDP/tabid/57/Default.aspx

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=861&SiteNodeID=133

Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
http://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/cpg.cfm

Royal College of Nursing
http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/practice

Royal Marsden Hospital Manual
http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/thestaffroom/nursingprocedures/content/guidelines.htm

Position Statements
Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association (SRNA)
http://www.srna.org/nurse_resources/position_statements.php

Standards and Foundations Competencies for the practice of Registered Nurses
Effective March 1, 2007
Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association (SRNA)
http://www.srna.org/nurse_resources/standards_competencies.pdf