The Image and Constructs of a Professional Registered Nurse in Ontario
Draw upon your reading, research and class discussion
related to the image of a professional registered nurse and the profession of nursing in
Ontario.
You must utilize the skill of nursing informatics to research information to support your
purpose statement and ideas of;
What it means to be a professional registered nurse in the province of Ontario to
provide safe, competent and compassionate nursing care.
Describe and understand the difference in approach used by authors to develop their ideas.
Determine the purpose, main points and conclusions made by the author(s) and how this evidence gives
depth” and ”breadth” to your nursing knowledge and practice.
Understand the meaning of being a regulated health professional in Ontario.
Identify the tangible and intangible characteristics/elements required to be a professional registered
nurse.
Describe what you believe to be the most critical behaviours and characteristics of the registered nurse
that provide assurance to patients/clients that their care is safe, competent and compassionate.
After reading and research, complete a wordIe www.wordle.com to identify the tangible
and intangible characteristics/elements required to be a professional registered nurse.
Choose two or three of these characteristics that you believe are the most critical
behaviours and characteristics of the registered nurse that provide assurance to
patients/clients that their care is safe, competent and compassionate.
Develop a purpose statement and support your statement in an essay after conducting
in depth research using CINAHL.
Choose one article and 1. Give rationale of why you chose that particular article and
2. Critical appraisal of that article.
Assignment should include Title page; CINAHL research strategy; Rationale and Critical
Appraisal of article (1 page); Essay ( 2-3 pages max.); wordIe (1 page); reference page (8-9
pages in total)
Refer to BSCN Program Handbook for Criteria for Scholarly Papers