Finance committee  It's important to scale up any legislative barriers that would enable the further ability of nurse practitioners to fully practise to their full potential. Scaling up any changes that we have done, that's what I was referring to in my testimony. What we're seeing right now with t

Finance committee  That's a very good question. There have been multiple initiatives to try to increase the number their own nurse practitioners in their own communities. Some models are successful in attracting and gaining those resources, which are really precious to communities. Sometimes it's a

Finance committee  Of course. Thank you for the question. We believe in discussions and dialogue. It's a good way to really hear everyone's point of view. We trust that the committee will have the right discussions and the right decision on this issue. We are hearing similarly that there are disc

Finance committee  Of course. We have over 600 first nations communities that are staffed mainly by nurses and nurse practitioners. This will meet the needs of rural communities. Of course, we have been working closely with the Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada and they have rural nurses as

Finance committee  It is absolutely beneficial to Canadian patients and the health care system, and also to their teams. A significant amount of time used to be wasted in finding practitioners who would complete the form. Having more practitioners who can complete the forms makes it an accessible p

Finance committee  All Canadians, yes.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for the invitation to be here with you this afternoon. I'm a registered nurse representing the Canadian Nurses Association, CNA, the national professional voice representing more than 139,000 registered nurses and nurse practiti

Health committee  It's very, very true. We see this first-hand as registered nurses, and it's a whole culture shift about having a conversation and explaining what it means in words that are not so definite. It's a shift that we've done recently. I worked in Ottawa as a registered nurse at Bruyère

Health committee  The Speak Up campaign has a lot of tools. We've had great success in providing general education and giving access to these great tools.

Health committee  We think it's a matter of discussions between the provinces and territories and the federal government. We were vocal around the better home care aspect. We have an action plan around advance care planning, which I brought. As Sharon said, it's a matter of having sufficient acce

Health committee  CNA would support the reinstatement of the secretariat, given all the progress and needs that we currently have in developing a national framework.

Health committee  Since 2010, we've had progress on a federal barrier that was affecting palliative care. It was related to the prescription of controlled drugs and substances. The regulations were in place in 2013. The remaining federal barriers to a full scope of practice for nurse practitioner

Health committee  The quality of palliative care is best when it's offered through a team-based approach, and spiritual care is a part of that approach and very important. Nurses know that first-hand, when we are listening to our patient's conversation at three o'clock in the morning, when they're

Health committee  Currently we see gaps, and we're actually working with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer on nationally examining educational gaps for all professionals: nurses, physicians, and other professional groups. We haven't completed our survey, but we're finding that there are gaps

Health committee  I think with the coalition we did agree on the definitions around palliative care and the palliative approach to care. It's important to emphasize the palliative approach to care, as it does mean reaching out to a larger number of individuals earlier in the system so that you hav