arnbc history - july 13 2013
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Where Have We Come From?A Brief History of ARNBC
Sally Thorne
July 2013
1912 Graduate Nurses Association of BC
• 1918 - Registered Nurses established the Graduate Nurses Association of BC as the body responsible for regulating registered nursing
• 1935 - Name change to Registered Nurses Association of BC through amendment of Registered Nurses’ Act
1981
Labour Relations Division of the RNABC
Becomes the BC Nurses Union
2003 The Health Professions Amendment
Includes the provisions necessary to repeal the
Nurses (Registered) Act and bring registered nursing
(along with medicine, optometry, dentistry, podiatry
and chiropractic) under the Health Professions Act.
The Health Professions Act provides for a new
model of regulating the scope of practice of health
professionals in B.C.
Aug 19, 2005College of Registered Nurses of BC
Key elements of the Nurses (Registered) and Nurse Practitioners Regulation include:• Duty to report
• Restricted activities without an order (Section 6)
• (Restricted activities with an order; clinical order sets (Section 7)
• Certified Practice (Section 8)
CRNBC Annual Report 2005
OUR VISION
Excellence in Nursing
OUR VALUES
• Accountability and service to the public
• Visible leadership on nursing and health issues
• Innovation and openness to change
• Collaboration and mutual respect
• Competence
In her 2005 report, President Karen Irving stated:
Nursing continues to be a self-regulating profession in B.C. and CRNBC’s mandate remains the same: protection of the public through the regulation of registered nurses and nurse practitioners
As you can see, much of what RNABC did, CRNBC continues to do. Yet, the new legislation has meant changes for the organization. Here are some examples.– a reduced number of board members and discontinuation of chapters.– authority to regulate nurse practitioners.– reserved actions and college-certified practices for registered nurses.
Implementing change often presents challenges. We are confident that these changes are being managed with minimal inconvenience to registrants.
Devolution of Functions
• Regional Chapters
• Professional Practice Groups
• Nursing BC Magazine
• Membership Cards
• Annual Convention
• Policy Voting
MANDATETo ensure that all individuals seeking entry to practice and maintaining registration are competent and ethical professionals. The College does this by setting standards, supporting registered nurses to meet standards and acting if standards are not met.
VISIONA trusted and valued leader in nursing regulation
PURPOSEProtecting the public by effectively regulating registered nurses and nurse practitioners
BC’s Link to National Nursing Policy
As RNABC gradually transformed itself into the new CRNBC
most nurses:
–did not appreciate the potential impact of these changes for nursing
or
–believed that CRNBC should still be capable of enacting many of the advocacy and policy roles of the profession
Perfect Storm
Early 2009: Breakfast at the Naam
• Lynette BestFormer CNO, Providence Health
• Heather MassFormer CNO, BC Children’s & Women’s
• Sally ThorneDirector, UBC School of Nursing
A Week Later: Breakfast #2
Core Group of Five
• Paddy RodneyFaculty
UBC School of Nursing
• Jo WearingFormer Policy Consultant
RNABC
And the breakfasts continued……
Summer 2009: Expanded Consultation
• Invitational lunch gathering
• Key leaders and nurses of influence
• Confidential strategic dialogue
Puzzling Questions:
• Whether CRNBC’s view about their restricted mandate was real or imagined?
• Whether there were any possibilities of changing the legislation?
• Whether legal action could reverse these changes?
Ultimate ConclusionOnly four possible options:
• Do nothing
• Take the CRNBC to court
• Try to change the legislation
• Start something new
–Transitional Steering Committee
– Heather Mass, Sally Thorne (Co-Chairs)
– Lynette Best, Paddy Rodney, Maureen Shaw, Sharon Toohey, Jo Wearing
To fill the gaps and explore opportunities for a more permanent solution
May 19, 2010 Province-Wide Meeting
• to explain why it is necessary to re-establish an association for registered nurses in British Columbia and
• broaden ongoing support for this work
May 20, 2010
Association of Registered Nurses of BC was born
Board of Directors
Susan Duncan, RN Robert Calnan, RN
Lynette Best, RN Julie Fraser, RN
Suzanne Johnston, RN Leanna Loy, RN
Patricia Rodney, RN Maureen Shaw, RN
Sally Thorne, RN Joan Wearing, RN
Nora Whyte, RNfrom May 2011
Heather Mass, RNto April 2011
Staff Support
Organizational Realignment
ARNBC and CNA MOU
The ARNBC and the Canadian Nurses Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a one-year period, effective September 1, 2011.
Policy Dialogue
. . . Now more than ever, we need the
knowledge, expertise and capacity of nurses to
bring solutions to our healthcare challenges.
Nurses are, and will continue to be, at the heart
of the system’s transformation, driving and
managing change related to the delivery of
health services Canadian Nurses Association
May 2012 First Official AGMFirst elected board members
• Brenda Canitz
• Christine Davidson
• Carl Meadows
• Jennifer Parkhill
• Andrea Starck• Rachel Bard (CNA)
CNA Biennium June 18-20, Vancouver
ARNBC Host Provincial Association
BC had 38 voting delegates
presenting 5 of the 17 AGM motions
Strategic Planning
• Expand nursing engagement strategy
• Consolidate sustainability plan
• Strengthen collaborative partnerships
• Rebuild government and policy relations
June 2013 First Fully Elected Board
• Pam Burton
• Tania Dick
• Maylene Fong