Tools for Practice

Our clinical team has identified protocols, advanced practices, and assessment and evaluation tools to help support your practice.
Clinical practice guidelines
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Canadian Coalition of Senior's Mental Health
Website with resources for individuals, families and health care providers related to senior's mental health issues including... read more...
Common Code of Ethics for Chaplains, Pastoral Counselors, Pastoral Educators and Students
This document is one of four foundational documents affirmed by the constituent boards of the Council on Collaboration on... read more...
Common Standards for Professional Chaplaincy
This document is one of four foundational documents affirmed by the constituent boards of the Council on Collaboration on... read more...
End-of-Life Care During the Last Days and Hours
This guideline provides evidence- based recommendations for registered nurses and registered practical nurses on best nursing... read more...
Guide for Implementing Screening for Distress, the 6th Vital Sign
Created by the Cancer Journey Action Group, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, this guideline includes screening tools... read more...
Guiding Decisions About End-of-Life Care
Practice guideline available, free of charge, online. read more...
NASW Standards for Social Work Practice with Family Caregivers of Older Adults
Social work standards of practice. read more...
Nursing Competencies for Nursing Home Culture Change
In 2008 Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN) collaborated with the Coalition of Geriatric Nursing Organizations... read more...
A Pan-Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline: Assessment of Psychosocial Health Care Needs of the Adult Cancer Patient
This guideline provides professional health care providers with recommendations regarding the routine, systematic, and standardized... read more...
Providing Culturally Competent Supportive Cancer Care For Underserved Populations
Literature review of best practices prepared by the Cancer Journey Action Group - Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC). read more...
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