Discussion posting

Posting #1:

Review the College of Nurses of Ontario’s (CNO) reference document “Code of Conduct” found in the documents list at www.cno.org.

Next, go to the CNO website and locate an issue of the CNO publication called “The Standard” (you can download it to read it go back and randomly pick a past issue, so we have variety in our postings; if you see someone already posted on a case you were interested, try to find a different one as there are many over the past several years to choose from).

Find the section called “Summarized Discipline Decisions”

In your posting, briefly summarize what the nurse was accused of. Discuss the issue in terms of the definitions of professional misconduct from the CNO Code of Conduct document. What was the allegation?
What was the finding of the CNO Discipline Panel, and was there a penalty? Do you agree with the result? How do you feel about the information that is published for the public concerning the incident?
Discuss the CNO’s role in misconduct, self-regulation and the best interests of the public.
Refer to the rubric for areas needed for a complete posting.

Response Posting – Posting #2:

Since you will have already done a posting on a misconduct allegation, choose a student colleague posting to respond to, which outlines a different case of misconduct. Professionally comment on the posting, the issues, and provide some commentary, analysis or critique. Do you agree with your colleague; are there debatable points? You might compare cases or refer to yet another student posting that may shed some light on the issue.
All postings are to include citations and references (see rubric for minimums)