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The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) are pleased to present The Regulation and Supply of Nurse Practitioners in Canada. This is the first report to provide contextual information on the history, roles and regulation of the nurse practitioner (NP) profession in Canada with a statistical profile of the licensed NP workforce.

Specifically, this report includes:
• A definition and history of NPs in Canada;
• current summary of provincial and territorial legislation and regulation of the NP profession (updated May 2005); and
• First-time national statistics on the supply, education and employment patterns of the 2003 and 2004 licensed NP workforces.

The information and statistics presented here were compiled and analyzed by CIHI and the CNA, with significant contributions from the provincial and territorial regulatory authorities for registered nursing in Canada. CIHI and the CNA thank all regulatory authorities for their cooperation in the development of this report.

With this collaborative work, CIHI and the CNA seek to improve understanding of the NP profession in Canada. This work helps to fill existing knowledge gaps about the NP workforce, which can contribute to improved health human resource planning and policymaking in Canada.

• A nurse practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse (RN) with additional education in health assessment, diagnosis and management of illnesses and injuries, including prescribing drugs.
• Eleven Canadian provinces and territories have NP legislation and regulations in place or in progress as of May 2005.
• NPs in each of the 11 jurisdictions can autonomously perform the following three functions:
1. Diagnose a disease, disorder or condition;
2. Order and interpret diagnostic and screening tests; and
3. Prescribe medication.
Legislation in many jurisdictions enables NPs to perform other functions as well.
• There were a total of 878 licensed NPs registered in the jurisdictions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in 2004.
• Rates of full-time employment are substantially higher for NPs than for other RNs. In 2004, almost 70% (68.9%) of licensed NPs with employment worked full-time; that compares to rates of 51 to 54% for the RN workforce. Rates of part-time and casual employment were both lower for NPs in 2004.
• When self-identifying their current position at the time of registration, more than 70% (71.3%) of licensed NPs indicated nurse practitioner. The remaining 28% self-identified their primary role as manager (3.1%), staff nurse/community health nurse (8.6%), instructor/professor/educator (4.2%) and other positions/not stated (12.8%).
• The eldest NPs, on average, were the instructors/professors/educators, at 47.6 years. The average age of all licensed NPs was 44.8 years in 2004.

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<h2>Health Expenditure Estimates The Regulation and Supply of Nurse</h2> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) are pleased to present The Regulation and Supply of <a title="Nurse" href="http://911medicalcare.com/healthcare/nurse/">Nurse</a> Practitioners in Canada. This is the first report to provide contextual information on the history, roles and regulation of the nurse practitioner (NP) profession in Canada with a statistical profile of the licensed NP workforce.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Specifically, this report includes:<br /> • A definition and history of NPs in Canada;<br /> • current summary of provincial and territorial legislation and regulation of the NP profession (updated May 2005); and<br /> • First-time national <a title="statistics" href="http://911medicalcare.com/medicalcare/statistics/">statistics</a> on the supply, education and employment patterns of the 2003 and 2004 licensed NP workforces.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The information and statistics presented here were compiled and analyzed by CIHI and the CNA, with significant contributions from the provincial and territorial regulatory authorities for registered nursing in Canada. CIHI and the CNA thank all regulatory authorities for their cooperation in the development of this report.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">With this collaborative work, CIHI and the CNA seek to improve understanding of the NP profession in Canada. This work helps to fill existing knowledge gaps about the NP workforce, which can contribute to improved health human resource planning and policymaking in Canada.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">• A nurse practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse (RN) with additional education in health assessment, diagnosis and management of illnesses and injuries, including prescribing drugs.<br /> • Eleven Canadian provinces and territories have NP legislation and regulations in place or in progress as of May 2005.<br /> • NPs in each of the 11 jurisdictions can autonomously perform the following three functions:<br /> 1. Diagnose a disease, disorder or condition;<br /> 2. Order and interpret diagnostic and screening tests; and<br /> 3. Prescribe <a title="medication" href="http://911medicalcare.com/medicalcare/medication/">medication</a>.<br /> Legislation in many jurisdictions enables NPs to perform other functions as well.<br /> • There were a total of 878 licensed NPs registered in the jurisdictions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in 2004.<br /> • Rates of full-time employment are substantially higher for NPs than for other RNs. In 2004, almost 70% (68.9%) of licensed NPs with employment worked full-time; that compares to rates of 51 to 54% for the RN workforce. Rates of part-time and casual employment were both lower for NPs in 2004.<br /> • When self-identifying their current position at the time of registration, more than 70% (71.3%) of licensed NPs indicated nurse practitioner. The remaining 28% self-identified their primary role as manager (3.1%), staff nurse/community health nurse (8.6%), instructor/professor/educator (4.2%) and other positions/not stated (12.8%).<br /> • The eldest NPs, on average, were the instructors/professors/educators, at 47.6 years. The average age of all licensed NPs was 44.8 years in 2004.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://911medicalcare.com/pdf/the-regulation-and-supply-of-nurse" target="_blank">Download</a> The Regulation and Supply of Nurse.pdf</p><br/><a href="http://www.socialmarker.com/?link=http://911medicalcare.com/nurse/health-expenditure-estimates-the-regulation-and-supply-of-nurse/&title=Health+Expenditure+Estimates+The+Regulation+and+Supply+of+Nurse&text=...&tags=" target="_blank"><img src= "http://www.socialmarker.com/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a><noscript><a href="http://www.socialmarker.com" >Social Bookmarking</a></noscript> <p>The article <a href="http://911medicalcare.com/nurse/health-expenditure-estimates-the-regulation-and-supply-of-nurse/">Health Expenditure Estimates The Regulation and Supply of Nurse</a> is provided by <a href="http://911medicalcare.com" title="Manual Nurse and health Guidelines"> Manual Nurse and Health Guidelines</a>. The article from<a href="http://911medicalcare.com" title="Medical"> Medical</a> site is freely distributed for non-commercial purposes to include the source for the article and does not alter the content.</p>

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