Ontario Expanding the Role of Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses

November 28, 2024

• Our government is making it easier and more convenient for people to connect to the care they need.
• Upcoming regulation changes will expand the scopes of practice for nurse practitioners and registered nurses to order more tests and provide additional services in a variety of settings, including hospitals, interprofessional primary care teams and long-term care homes.

• Ontario is proud to be home to world-class health care health care professionals and our government continues to make innovative changes to allow them to work to the full extent of their expertise and training.
• Expanding the roles of highly skilled nurse practitioners and registered nurses is another step our government is taking to provide more people with the right care, in the right place.
• As part of the Your Health plan, our government is maximizing health providers’ scopes of practice to ensure people and their families have more connected and convenient access to high-quality care when they need it, close to home.