Help us improve nursing care for everyone.

CNO asks members of the public for feedback to help us support safe nursing care in Ontario. We use online public consultations to collect this feedback.

We ask for your opinions on our newly created resources about nursing practice and our proposed changes to practice standards, guidelines and by-laws.

  • We will post new documents on this page
  • You can read them and send us your feedback before the end date

The consultations happening now are listed below, along with the dates they will end.

We consider your feedback carefully when we create new materials that support safe nursing care. Thank you for taking the time to share your point of view.

Current consultations

Overview 

We are updating sections of CNO’s Scope of Practice and Medication practice standards to:

  • support patient safety
  • clarify nurses’ accountabilities 
  • promote consistency across all areas of nursing, including the growing field of aesthetic services.

Some of the proposed changes impact nurses in all practice settings (for example, regarding delegation requirements). Other changes, such as requiring direct orders for drugs and procedures involving controlled acts, apply only to nurses in aesthetic services.

Please share your views on the proposed changes. Let us know whether the proposed updates to the standards are clear and helpful in supporting your nursing practice.

We carefully consider your feedback when updating CNO standards to support safe nursing practice for Ontarians. After the consultation closes, CNO will review all responses and share summarized results with Council when it considers the proposed changes to the standards at the September Council meeting. 

How to give your feedback 

  • Complete the online survey to give your feedback. The survey will close on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.    

Thank you for taking the time to share your important perspective. Rest assured, your responses are anonymous. CNO will only share aggregate results and anonymize any verbatim quotes.