This indicator measures the number of nurses that submit an active practising registration for employment in Canada to their provincial or territorial regulatory authority per 100,000 people. It includes registered nurses, nurse practitioners and licensed practical nurses (registered practical nurses) working full-time, part-time and casual hours.

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The indicator values calculated using data provided to HQO from CIHI may differ from the values reported by others or the values calculated by HQO from data provided by CNO and the MOHLTC even though the data sources are the same (annual registration forms and population estimates). The differences may be due to differences in the reference population, collection period, exclusions, and editing and processing methodologies. The nursing workforce is described by counting the number of nurses employed in nursing at the time of annual registration. In other words, it does not include all nurses who were eligible to practise in a given year. However, nurses on temporary leave are generally considered as active practising registrations with the intent of returning to that position when the temporary leave ends. The measure looks at the number of health care providers per 100,000 population, however it does not account for differences in scope of practice or differences in the health status/needs of the population being served in each region.

The indicator is described by HQO for three nursing professions separately: registered nurses (excluding NPs), nurse practitioners, and licensed practical nurses. In Ontario, these regulated nursing professions are referred to as registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and registered practical nurses (RPNs), respectively. Retired from Measuring Up

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