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Regulation of nursing practice in the Region of the Americas
OBJECTIVE. To describe and analyze the current nursing regulations across countries in the Region of the Americas. METHODS. A country comparative analysis was carried out by gathering information from the ministries of health, nursing schools, councils, associations, and boards in 2018. The main cat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7429928/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32821257 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.93 |
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author | Cassiani, Silvia Helena De Bortoli Lecorps, Kimberly Rojas Cañaveral, Luz Karina da Silva, Fernando A Menezes Fitzgerald, James |
author_facet | Cassiani, Silvia Helena De Bortoli Lecorps, Kimberly Rojas Cañaveral, Luz Karina da Silva, Fernando A Menezes Fitzgerald, James |
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description | OBJECTIVE. To describe and analyze the current nursing regulations across countries in the Region of the Americas. METHODS. A country comparative analysis was carried out by gathering information from the ministries of health, nursing schools, councils, associations, and boards in 2018. The main categories evaluated were type of regulatory bodies, requirements for initial professional registration, and registration renewal. RESULTS. All countries regulate the nursing profession through a regulatory body. Competency exams for initial registration are required in the United States, Canada, and most Caribbean countries. Registration renewal is required in 54.3% of the countries. Continuing education is required for professional registration renewal in the United States, Canada, and 53% of Caribbean countries. Labor hours are required in the United States and Canada. CONCLUSION. Regulations promote and protect professional integrity. The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization recommends that countries make efforts to evaluate competency and training, consider the use of competency exams for initial registration, and add continuing education as requirements for registration renewal. |
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spelling | pubmed-74299282020-08-18 Regulation of nursing practice in the Region of the Americas Cassiani, Silvia Helena De Bortoli Lecorps, Kimberly Rojas Cañaveral, Luz Karina da Silva, Fernando A Menezes Fitzgerald, James Rev Panam Salud Publica Special Report OBJECTIVE. To describe and analyze the current nursing regulations across countries in the Region of the Americas. METHODS. A country comparative analysis was carried out by gathering information from the ministries of health, nursing schools, councils, associations, and boards in 2018. The main categories evaluated were type of regulatory bodies, requirements for initial professional registration, and registration renewal. RESULTS. All countries regulate the nursing profession through a regulatory body. Competency exams for initial registration are required in the United States, Canada, and most Caribbean countries. Registration renewal is required in 54.3% of the countries. Continuing education is required for professional registration renewal in the United States, Canada, and 53% of Caribbean countries. Labor hours are required in the United States and Canada. CONCLUSION. Regulations promote and protect professional integrity. The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization recommends that countries make efforts to evaluate competency and training, consider the use of competency exams for initial registration, and add continuing education as requirements for registration renewal. Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2020-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7429928/ /pubmed/32821257 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.93 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/legalcode This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. No modifications or commercial use of this article are permitted. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that PAHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the PAHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article’s original URL. |
spellingShingle | Special Report Cassiani, Silvia Helena De Bortoli Lecorps, Kimberly Rojas Cañaveral, Luz Karina da Silva, Fernando A Menezes Fitzgerald, James Regulation of nursing practice in the Region of the Americas |
title | Regulation of nursing practice in the Region of the Americas |
title_full | Regulation of nursing practice in the Region of the Americas |
title_fullStr | Regulation of nursing practice in the Region of the Americas |
title_full_unstemmed | Regulation of nursing practice in the Region of the Americas |
title_short | Regulation of nursing practice in the Region of the Americas |
title_sort | regulation of nursing practice in the region of the americas |
topic | Special Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7429928/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32821257 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.93 |
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