Role & Scope of a Registered Nurse

What is a Primary Care Network Registered Nurse?

The Registered Nurse in the Primary Care Network provides client and family-centered care with cultural humility, through a trauma-informed and evidence-informed practice approach, to promote care and services that will be experienced as culturally safe.

Role Overview

As part of the primary care team, the PCN Registered Nurse:

• Cares for patients as part of a primary care team through all stages of growth and development, wellness and illness, from one setting to another
• Focuses on providing assessment, screening, healthy lifestyle support, education and chronic disease management with a goal of improving health outcomes
• Provides holistic assessments and creates linkages with proper community resources

• Scope of care:

  • Health assessments
  • Health care management services
  • Health education, promotion, and prevention
  • Chronic disease prevention screening

• Qualifications:

  • Registration with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing RN registrant
  • Two (2) years recent clinical nursing experience in related clinical areas, including assessing and treating infants, children, youth, adults, and seniors in a primary care setting, community setting, outpatient setting, or public health
  • Valid BC driver’s license