Purpose & Scope

Purpose:

This guideline:

• Aims to strengthen collaborative practice among nurses
• Focuses on collaborative practice amongst three types of nursing professionals – registered nurse (RN), registered practical nurse (RPN) and nurse practitioner (NP)
• Explores what fosters healthy work environments

Scope:

This guideline identifies:

• best practices for intra-professional practice; and
• The organizational culture, values and relationships, and the structures and processes required, for developing and sustaining effective intra-professional nursing practice among nurses.

Target Audience:

• This guideline is aimed at all categories of nurse in all roles and practice settings, including administrators at the unit, organizational and system level, clinical nurses, students, educators and researchers.
• It is also for use by policy makers and governments, professional organizations, employers, labour groups and federal, provincial and territorial standard-setting bodies.