Nursing Leadership, Organization and Policy
Staffing For Safety
With thousands of patient deaths in Canadian hospitals linked to preventable adverse events, patient safety has become a pressing concern in Canadian health policy.
Fortunately, a great many resources exist to help improve the quality of nurse staffing decisions. These resources include new research reports, but also the sharing of managers’ and policy makers’ experiences — knowledge from those who work in this area in Canadian healthcare systems.
Nurse Staffing and Patient Safety Knowledge Network - initiative supported by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Canadian Federation of Nurses Union and the Canadian Nurses Association
Improving nurse retention through professional development
Find out how a Toronto hospital network is using professional development for nurses to improve their research capacity and, thus, their satisfaction and retention in "If you build it, they will stay: How a hospital network is using evidence to guide a professional development-based approach to nurse retention and patient care," fall 2007 issue of Promising Practices.
New Knowledge
The Foundation has supported a number of studies demonstrating the importance of appropriate nurse staffing.
Lights, Camera, Action! |
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Electronic video documentary (eVD) on nurse staffing and patient safety. Set in Hamilton, Ontario, this eVD features an oncology nurse, a nurse manager, and a lead researcher in the field of nurse staffing.
This eVD was produced by award-winning journalists and filmmakers Ray Moynihan and Miranda Burne. Do you find the eVD useful? Do you plan on sharing this with others? Please send your feedback and questions to summaries@chsrf.ca |
