To enter and  maintain ongoing registration in Alberta, NPs must meet strict requirements and standards  NPs can work independently and/or in collaboration with  other health care professionals, provide health care services for all ages and may work in primary care, hospitals, long term care, etc.  INPs are authorized to:

• Provide a comprehensive health history and assessment;
• Diagnose health/ illness conditions and treat acute and chronic illness within a holistic model of care
• Prescribe all medications including controlled drugs and substances, and suboxone and methadone for opiate dependence treatment. 
• Dispense,  compound, and sell medications;
• Perform medical procedures such as (abscess lancing/draining, sutures, IUD insertions, skin biopsies, etc.
• Order and interpret laboratory tests and diagnostic imagining tests
• Act as primary care providers