Nurse practitioners in Ontario will be capable to apply a defibrillator and cardiac pacemakers beginning subsequent summer time, because the province expands their scope of apply.
Well being Minister Sylvia Jones says the modifications will enhance entry to look after individuals throughout Ontario, particularly in Indigenous, rural, northern and distant communities.
The federal government plans regulatory modifications to permit nurse practitioners to order and apply a defibrillator, order and apply a cardiac pacemaker, and order and carry out electrocoagulation, a course of to deal with pores and skin situations and lesions.
Ontario can be permitting registered nurses to certify a demise when it’s anticipated, and is permitting nurse practitioners to certify deaths in additional circumstances.
The modifications are set to take impact July 1, 2025.
Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses’ Affiliation of Ontario, says the modifications will assist individuals entry well timed care.
