Professional Development I - Module 12

Professional Development I - Module 12: Fitness to Practice

• Week 12: Professional Development I, Module 12: Fitness to Practice
• Land Acknowledgement: Mohawk College recognizes the Mohawk Nation and the Six Nations of the Grand River and the Mississauga's of the Credit First Nation as the governing bodies of the area. The Between the Lakes Treaty, the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Agreement, and the Upper Canada Treaty Agreement guide relationships with Indigenous nations. The College values inclusivity, friendship, and the contributions of Indigenous peoples.
• Agenda: The agenda for week 12 includes Housekeeping, Learning Outcomes, Understanding Fitness to Practice, Maintaining Fitness to Practice, Coming Up, and Questions?
• Housekeeping: Questions from Week 11.
• Group Presentation on QI: Nurses in Ontario are required by the College of Nurses of Ontario to report and attempt to resolve professional practice and client care concerns. One method for resolving issues is using the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle (PDSA).
• Assignment Learning Objectives: Students will engage in continuous quality improvement, participate in the PDSA cycle, apply relevant nursing ethical and legal principles, and collaborate for nursing practice issues analysis.
• Planning the Presentation: Students will recall and consensus the problem/issue in their scenario. Identify resources, analyze issues (contributing factors, safety, ethics, legal implications, social justice), and discuss impacts on all stakeholders.
• Doing the Presentation: Develop strategies to manage the identified problem that are based on best practices and supported by evidence. Support the strategies with rationales and evidence; describe how to implement the strategies in practice; explain how success will be measured.
• Studying the Presentation: List possible obstacles; generate strategies to overcome obstacles; provide rationale and evidence to support strategies.
• Acting on the Presentation: Summarize learning, assess the effectiveness of strategies, consider modifying, modifying strategies, or abandoning if needed; rewrite the case scenario with implemented strategies and outcomes (positive, negative, neutral).
• CNO Fitness to Practice: The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) has a three-stage process for fitness to practice inquiries: The Health Inquiry, Fitness to Practice Committee, and the Public Register. The process ensures the safety of practice. Employers are required to report concerns within 30 days.
• Learning Outcomes: Understanding the concept of fitness to practice, applying to nursing, self-regulation, public protection, examining methods to maintain, and recognizing symptoms and stressors.
• Fitness to Practice: "All the qualities and capabilities of an individual relevant to his or her capacity to practice as a nurse, including, but not limited to freedom from any cognitive, physical, psychological, or emotional condition, or a dependance on alcohol or drugs, that impairs his or her ability to practice nursing."
• Mental Health at Work: Nurses across Canada are facing a growing mental health crisis impacting their work; short staffing, unrealistic workloads, and workplace violence (causes include mental/physical stress from patients/families).
• Mental Health Resources: Wellness Together Canada is an online platform funded by the Government of Canada providing 24/7 mental health and substance abuse support.
• CNO Health Support: Nurses need to address and manage stress. Self-care and resources are available to facilitate this.
• Final Exam Information: Scheduled for Monday, December 9th. The exam covers Modules 9-13 and is worth 25% of the grade. It will be a 90-minute exam at IAHS.
• Notes from Other Sections: Additional information includes small group activities, coming up, housekeeping, and bonus group time that should be discussed in class with group members.