Northern nurses now have a regulator and a separate advocacy group after one organization that filled both roles split into two this month.
The College and Association of Nurses of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut said last year it was planning the move “to better serve both public protection and professional advancement.”
The divide into two groups happened on April 1, a Thursday news release stated.
The new regulator is the College of Nurses of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The college said its focus is now “solely on public protection” by regulating licensed practical nurses, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses in the two territories.
Dennis Masson is the college’s president. Its new initialism is CNNN.
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An association known as NTNAN – the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Nurses – becomes the new advocacy group and professional association for nurses.
Erin Currie is listed as NTNAN’s chair.
“Separating these roles brings greater clarity to our work of protecting the public,” CNNN chief executive officer and registrar Megan Wood was quoted as saying.
“The college is focused on regulating nursing practice in the public interest, while NTNAN will advocate for nurses.”
