The College Connection Podcast

In this special episode of The College Connection Podcast, we sit down with guest and cohost Kelly Kean to explore the newly released Code of Professional Conduct for Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners in Newfoundland and Labrador, which takes effect on June 1, 2025. Kelly shares the background behind this important regulatory document, offers key highlights from the new Code, and underscores what it mean...

In Part 2 of this 2-part episode, we continue our conversation with Dr. Pat Parfrey. Don't miss this honest and open discussion with the CEO of NL Health Services on matters such as travel nurses, elements for an efficient and effective health care system, incivility amongst health care providers, the importance of health regulation. Check it out today!

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The College Connection Podcast Presents: A Conversation with Dr. Pat Parfrey, CEO of NL Health Services.

In Part 1 of this special two-part episode, our hosts sit down with Dr. Pat Parfrey, CEO of NL Health Services, for a conversation which highlights a career spanning medicine, research, and public policy. We dive into how his journey led him to the helm of the province’s largest public organizations, NLHS. Dr. Parfrey brings ...

SEASON 5 PREMIERE !! MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:

In December of 2024, the Nursing Act was passed in the House of Assembly. This legislation paves the way for The College of Registered Nurses and the College of Licensed Practical Nurses to merge into one entity. The NL College of Nurses, will soon become the largest health care regulator in the province. Our guests for the Season 5 are Lynn Power, Executive Director of the College of Regis...

This special episode of the podcast is all about renewal!

Get first hand answers and commentary related to renewing your license in Alinity. Podcast host and nursing consultant Kelly Kean chats with Brad Walsh and Julie Wells as they navigate the Alinity platform and cover a wide-range of topics and FAQs that all RNs and NPs will need to know. Audiences who listen to audio only are encouraged to visit the College YouTube cha...

PART III (finale): You Ask, We Answer! The College Connection Podcast Presents: ASK PRACTICE!

All New! Ask Practice is series of three episodes which features our College practice consultants, Kelly Kean and Michelle Carpenter answering various questions submitted from RNs and NPs. In Part I, II, and III you’ll get to hear a wide variety of questions on a multitude of different topics that have been submitted to communications@crnn...

PART II: You Ask, We Answer! The College Connection Podcast Presents: ASK PRACTICE!

All New! Ask Practice is series of three episodes which features our College practice consultants, Kelly Kean and Michelle Carpenter answering various questions submitted from RNs and NPs. In Part I, II, and III you’ll get to hear a wide variety of questions on a multitude of different topics that have been submitted to communications@crnnl.ca

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You Ask, We Answer! The College Connection Podcast Presents: ASK PRACTICE!

All New! Ask Practice is series of three episodes which features our College practice consultants, Kelly Kean and Michelle Carpenter answering various questions submitted from RNs and NPs. In Part I, II, and III you’ll get to hear a wide variety of questions on a multitude of different topics that have been submitted to communications@crnnl.ca

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The RN Act defines “conduct deserving of sanction” to include:

• Professional misconduct
• Professional incompetence
• Conduct unbecoming a Registered Nurse
• Incapacity
• Unfitness to engage in the practice of nursing
• Acting in breach of the Act, the Regulations, or the Code of Ethics

The spectrum of what the term encompasses is wide-ranging and covers many different scenarios, all which are dependent on the Conduct in question.

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In the second part of our conversation with the Information & Privacy Commissioner, a wide range of topics are covered from RNs/NPs using smartphones and recording devices in practice, the ransomware attack on Newfoundland and Labrador’s public health system, obligations for self-employed RNs/NPs, aspects to consider when RNs/NPs engage in virtual care, and a number of situations which outline the principles of privacy and prof...

Welcome to the Season 3 premiere of the College Connection Podcast episode 1: a Conversation with Canada's Chief Nursing Officer.

In this episode Dr. Leigh Chapman speaks with podcast hosts and College consultants Kelly Kean and Michelle Carpenter about the role of the Chief Nursing Officer, the importance of nursing regulation, and the Nursing Retention Toolkit made available via Health Canada.

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