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Any nursing or nursing science graduate from Quebec waiting
for a nursing permit to be issued by the Ordre des infirmières
et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ). Before practising as a CPN,
you must obtain an attestation from the OIIQ to the effect that
you are able to do so. To obtain this attestation, you must send
your employer’s contact information to the OIIQ and complete
the other formalities with the Registrar's Office of the OIIQ.
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Any graduate from outside Quebec whose diploma or training
has been recognized as equivalent by the OIIQ waiting for a
nursing permit to be issued by the Ordre des infirmières et
infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ). Before practising as a CPN, you
must obtain an attestation from the OIIQ to the effect that you
are able to do so. To obtain this attestation, you must send your
employer’s contact information to the OIIQ and complete the
other formalities with the Registrar's Office of the OIIQ.
You must ensure, before performing any professional act, that
you have the appropriate knowledge and skills; otherwise you
must refuse to perform the act until you have received the
necessary training.
Note – According to OIIQ’s editorial policy, the feminine is used solely to
simplify the text and refers to both men and women.
1 The Regulation respecting the professional activities which may be performed
by persons other than nurses (R.S.Q., c. I-8, r.0.01)
Note that a registration certificate is not proof that you have
been granted CPN status. The CPN attestation is mandatory
since January 21, 2011.
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As a CPN, you may perform your activities only in a centre
operated by a public institution within the meaning of the
Act respecting health and social services or the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons. Consequently, you may not practise in a residence or
private office. If in doubt, please contact the nurse consultant
at the OIIQ.
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For further information regarding professional activities:
[email protected]
514 935-2505 or 1 800 363-6048, extension 213
www.oiiq.org
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Professional activities which may not be performed by a CPN
under the Regulation respecting the professional activities which
may be performed by persons other than nurses:
1. Assess the physical and mental condition of a symptomatic
person in a family medicine group (FMG), a family medicine
unit, a private medical clinic, a triage situation, an ambulatory clinic or in providing common services.
2. Provide clinical monitoring of the condition of the following persons, including the following:
2.1 a person about to give birth who is undergoing
monitoring in the case of a high-risk pregnancy;
2.2 a person who is in shock, a person with multitrauma
or a person who needs to be resuscitated in an
emergency service or department;
2.3 a person undergoing hemodynamic monitoring
through the insertion of catheters in the vascular
system for the purpose of checking cardiac function,
blood volume and blood circulation.
3. Initiate diagnostic and therapeutic measures, according to a
prescription.
4. Initiate diagnostic measures for the purposes of a screening
operation under the Public Health Act (R.S.Q., c. S-2.2).
5. Determine the treatment plan for wounds and alterations of
the skin and integuments.
6. Perform vaccinations as part of a vaccination operation
under the Public Health Act (R.S.Q., c. S-2.2).
7. Make decisions as to the use of restraint measures.
8. Adjust the therapeutic nursing plan for all of the above activities.
For information regarding CPN status:
[email protected]
514 935-2505 or 1 800 363-6048, extension 680
Fax: 514 935-9401
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respecting the professional activities which may be performed
by persons other than nurses and listed below.
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You are authorized to practise as a CPN until one of the following occurs:
1. You do not pass the professional examination within the
time period allowed under the Regulation respecting the
terms and conditions for the issue of permits by the Ordre
des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec.
2. You fail the professional examination three times.
3. More than 30 days have elapsed since the date of issue of
the OIIQ permit.
4. More than four years have elapsed since the first professional examination session following the date on which
you obtained your diploma giving access to an OIIQ permit or the date of the decision by the OIIQ granting you a
diploma equivalence or training equivalence for the issue a
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You must record your interventions in the patient's record
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long-term care, the nurse must be in the building) so that
the nurse is able to intervene rapidly3 with the patient or
respond rapidly to your requests. You are not authorized to
be responsible for a patient care unit.
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