Office of Nursing Services
Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) is mandated to provide public health services, primary care services and health expertise to First Nations on reserve, outside the northern territories.
The Office of Nursing Services (ONS) is a division of FNIHB. ONS plays a vital role in the delivery of health nursing services to First Nations communities in Canada. As the focal point for the FNIHB activities relating to the nursing community and the clients it serves, ONS is responsible for:
- Supporting FNIHB regional offices in providing nursing services;
- Ensuring nursing practice standards and competency requirements are upheld;
- Developing standards, policies, guidelines;
- Leading national initiatives;
- Analyzing health trends and issues and providing leadership on nursing services; and
- Monitoring the system to measure progress against objectives.
Through ONS, nurses in First Nations Communities in Canada are supported by a variety of FNIHB programs dealing with everything from diabetes treatment and prevention, to pre-natal care and healthy living. ONS also works in close collaboration with other FNIHB professionals specializing in areas such as community medicine, addiction and early childhood development.
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