Vision and Mission
The RPNC Vision
- Optimal Mental Health for All People of Canada
The Mission Statement
The RPNC exists to provide leadership for the profession of psychiatric nursing by:
- working collaboratively on regulatory issues in the public interest;
- achieving common standards in education, registration and practice; and,
- being a voice, nationally and internationally, for excellence in the profession
Goals
- To develop National Entry Level Competencies (36 months)
- To develop a new National Registration Exam (30 months)
- To review and revise the Mutual Endorsement Agreement (9-12 months)
- To participate in the planning for the development of a National Nursing Assessment Service
- To update the profession's Competency Profile
- To establish national standards, criteria and processes for psychiatric nursing education programs in Canada
- To support the regulation of Registered Psychiatric Nurses across Canada
- To maintain Currency of Practice Documents
- To maintain an international forum for knowledge sharing/transfer (RPNC World Congress)
- To explore the Concepts of Advanced Practice in Psychiatric Nursing
- To ensure ongoing harmonization of practice issues (Code of Ethics, Standards, etc...)
- To build and sustain relationships helpful to RPNC goals
