Health Canada last week approved for people 18 and older an adapted version of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, which targets both the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Omicron BA.1 variant.
Among the college's proposals was allowing internationally trained nurses to be temporarily registered while they go through the process of full registration, such as completing education and an exam.
Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore said last week that those who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to isolate for five days, an approach he referred to as "practical and pragmatic.''
NSCP describes the additional knowledge requirements in a new section titled “Drug Administration by Injection in Young Children” that it has added to the Standards of Practice: Drug Administration.
Aim to increase awareness of this chronic, inflammatory skin disease, reduce time to diagnosis and promote individualized management plans to achieve disease control.
