A recent College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta blog post (Let’s Get Some Facts Straight!) generated overwhelming response from our members, and for this we thank you. The passion and commitment within the Licensed Practical Nurse profession is boldly evident, but the ongoing frustration is also evident.
Health care is inherently interprofessional. It takes a team of providers for quality health care delivery. No single profession can or should deliver all the services required by a patient. Therefore, it makes sense to have different levels of education within providers. Think of it this way, it wouldn’t make sense to have a person educated at a PhD level providing basic nursing or starting all the intravenous lines. Different levels of education make sense; it is not a bad thing that we are different! The trouble is our differences are not valued. Read on…
posted on Thursday, July 29th, 2010
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This spring, College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA) welcomed the Government of Alberta’s invitation to participate in the review of the Minister’s Advisory Committee on Health (MACH) “A Foundation for Alberta’s Health System” regarding the proposed Alberta Health Act.
The CLPNA is committed to working within a comprehensive, universal, portable, publicly-administered, and accessible health care system. We are pleased to support the Government of Alberta’s commitment to these guiding principles, which are the core of the Canada Health Act; and its commitment to sustainable public health care.
LPNs & the Alberta Health Act
The stated objective of the Alberta Health Act is to consolidate the 30 pieces of legislation and 100 regulations that currently guide the health system. LPNs are regulated by one of those pieces, the Health Professions Act (HPA), which provides for self-governance for 73% of health professionals in Alberta. Read on…
posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
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In case you missed it, Dr. Stephen Duckett (CEO & President of Alberta Health Services) recently had a personal encounter with emergency health services that gave him fresh insight into Alberta’s health care system from a patient’s point of view.
In his Blog, he discusses what he learned from the work, collaboration, and many kindnesses extended by the health care workers he encountered, and those working behind the scenes.
Read his complete post under the section “A most unusual event” on Duckett’s AHS Internal Blog titled “Anniversaries, Events, Engagement and Advocacy”.
And if you have a comment, click on “Read more”. Read on…
posted on Friday, May 14th, 2010
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National Nursing Week (May 9-15, 2010) is a time to celebrate the contribution of nurses to our healthcare system and our society. Last month, the stories of the individual achievements of Alberta’s Licensed Practical Nurses were made as the 2010 Awards of Excellence recipients were honoured, and now, we’d like our member’s to share their stories of nursing excellence. Read on…
(updated April 20, 2010)
Linda Stanger, Executive Director of the CLPNA recently wrote a Letter to the Editor of the Edmonton Journal. She rebutted some misinformation published in an earlier letter and clarified the roles and responsibilities of LPNs in delivering high quality professional nursing care. Other letters on the same issue were also published in the newspaper on April 4, 9 and 18, 2010. “Read on…” for the links. Read on…
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