The following is a list of practice standards, practice guidelines, forms and other publications available from the College of Nurses of Ontario.

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General

Entry to Practice / Registration

Practice

Document Title Code Revised Date
Practice Standards    
Code of Conduct 49040 06/2023
Confidentiality and Privacy - Personal Health Information 41069 07/2022

Documentation  

 41001 02/2026
Discontinuing or Declining to Provide Care   07/2024
Medication 41007 12/2023
Nurse Practitioner 41038 12/2023
RN Prescribing    09/2025
Scope of Practice 49041 12/2023

Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship, Revised 2006

Professional Boundaries and Nurse-Client Relationships - Effective as of March 1, 2026

 41033 04/2019
Practice Guidelines    
Conflict Prevention and Management 47004 12/2018
Consent 41020 02/2017
Directives 41019 06/2020
Guidance on Nurses’ Roles in Medical Assistance in Dying 41056 11/2018
Independent Practice 41011 12/2023
Virtual Care   06/2025
Working with Unregulated Care Providers 41014 10/2013
Fact Sheets    
Your self-care matters   12/2019
How to support a patient safety culture   12/2019

Quality Assurance

Professional Conduct

Publications

Document Title Code Publish Date
The Standard   6x/year

Abuse Prevention

Document Title Code Revised Date
Preventing Client Abuse 47008 02/2011
One is One Too Many Facilitator's Guide   47002 05/2006
One is One Too Many Nurses' Workbook  47001 05/2006
Intentional harm videos    
Sexual abuse prevention    
Sexual abuse prevention: Case scenarios    
Sexual abuse prevention: Webcast    
Sexual abuse prevention: Employer toolkit    
Fact Sheets    
Understanding sexual abuse True or False   12/2019
Professional boundaries: Sexual abuse warning signs   12/2019
Patient experience of sexual abuse word cloud   12/2019