Consultation Overview
This is a new practice guideline replacing the CRNNS legacy College document, Problematic Substance Use – A Guide for Managers. We requested feedback from nurses to ensure we developed a relevant and useful practice guideline that will support nurses to provide safe, competent, compassionate and ethical nursing services.
Consultation Participation and Response
We requested feedback using an online survey and received one response from a nurse who had feedback around problematic substance use.
Impact on the Project
Thank you for providing your feedback on the Problematic Substance Use – A Managers Guide. Below explains how we incorporated this feedback into the guideline.
The respondent suggested a change in wording around union representation when meeting with a nurse suspected of PSU. The guideline now says: “The nurse involved… should be advised to bring union representation if this applies in the workplace.”
Next Steps/Conclusion
This practice support tool is now complete and can be found on the website under Professional Practice.
There will be a planned roll out of this practice support tool in the future. We have that plan on hold as we support the public, nurses and others during the COVID-19 pandemic. To see more of this work, visit our COVID-19 webpage.
We encourage stakeholders to watch for the Problematic Substance Use – A Guide for Managers roll out in the future.
