PRFs – key problem-solving tool

• The Professional Responsibility Form (PRF) process enables RNs and RPNs to document concerns about workload, safety, patient care and other nursing practice issues. Filing PRFs pays off for nurses and patients. More... PDF Format: 1.05 Mb
  
  
• PRFs have been enshrined in BCNU’s provincial contract since 1989
  
  
  
• PRFs are our best tool for defending our professional standards and our practice, and holding employers accountable for their responsibility to provide resources needed to keep patients and nurses safe

If your nursing practice is threatened, fill out a PRF form. Resources can be found in the PRF Toolkit which include:

• PRF process flowchart
• Sample letters to COO & to Request Assessment Committee
• Information for stewards
• PRF committee information

New PRF language in 2006
An Independent Assessment Committee and the new Provincial Nursing Workload Committee are now part of the PRF process at most worksites. More... PDF Format: 73.6 Kb