The Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association changes name in move toward single mandate of regulation By Leah Golob
nurse practitioner and president of the CRNS.
n late October, the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association (SNRA) announced it would be changing its name to the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS) in hopes of making their mandate clearer to nurses and the public.
The CNRS wanted to clarify its role is to ensure that all individuals in Saskatchewan are receiving safe professional care that meets the standards of practice from registered nurses and nurse practitioners, Verville says. While the SNRA always acted in the interest of the public and worked to ensure public protection, the inclusion of “association” in the former name didn’t clearly convey the regulator’s goals. The regulator hopes that use of “college” will be clearer.
Previously, the SNRA, which has over 12,000 members, had a dual mandate of regulation and serving as an association, says Frankie Verville,
“In order to work toward advancing the profession in terms of influencing health and social policy, it became very clear that it was confusing to peo-
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