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The College of Nurses of Ontario’s Governance Vision: Using Evidence to Transform Regulatory Governance in the Public Interest
Abstract
Recent public discourse demonstrates concerns about the current form of professional regulation, including nursing regulation. There is growing skepticism about whether the current model of self-regulation is truly protecting the public. As a result, regulatory governance is and will continue to be in the spotlight until regulators address the public’s concerns. Recognizing the changing public expectations, the College of Nurses of Ontario’s (CNO’s) Council decided to modernize its governance structure to strengthen public trust. In 2014, the CNO’s Council (board of directors) appointed an expert Task Force to review the CNO’s governance and the best available evidence. The Task Force’s objectives were to find new perspectives to transform the current model and position the CNO as a leader in regulatory governance. After 2 years, the CNO’s Council adopted a new governance model—an innovative, strategic, and evidence-based plan for major governance improvements that have the potential to shift Ontario to a public-centric regulatory model. Insights for other regulators looking to enhance public confidence by modernizing their governance structures are also offered. This article describes CNO’s governance review approach and demonstrates how an evidence-based review led to the development of a progressive model of regulatory governance that puts the public first.
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“Similarly, the shift away from self-regulation to co-regulation in some jurisdictions is reflected predominantly in the grey literature that describes changing governance structures such as greater government oversight, and the introduction of smaller, competency-based boards and committees [51,56,195,196,198,205,210] with equal representation of public and professional members [5,12,56].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tirana, I., & McCarthy, K.
- Venue
- Journal of Nursing Regulation
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-10
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 49-56
- ISSN
- 2155-8256 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3096332186
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Nursing Regulation (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Issues, ethics and legal aspects › Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Healthcare Regulation
- Social Sciences › Law › Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation
- Keywords
- nursing regulation, regulatory governance, self-regulation, governance reform, public trust, public interest, board of directors, professional regulatory bodies
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