January 1, 2013 |
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Considerable literature exists on the immigration of internationally educated nurses (IENs) and their use in filling staffing vacancies in healthcare organizations (HCOs), but little information exists to guide the development and implementation of policies that promote the safe integration of IENs.
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Canada is facing a nursing shortage after the redeployment and reductions in nursing resources in the late 1990’s.
Read More January 1, 2012 |
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Preliminary work conducted by McGillis Hall and this team of researchers identified that substantial increases in Canadian nurse migration to the US occurred between 1990 and 1999.
Read More January 2, 2011 |
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The objectives of this study are to conduct a literature review on the migration of healthcare workers (i.e., nurses); and identify a set of work environment factors that have been identified in the literature that impact healthcare workers’ (i.e., nurses) migration decisions.
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Limited attention has been directed towards the work environment in health care settings, and the impact of factors in the work environment that impact nurses’ health and work performance and subsequent patient outcomes.
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Limited research has been directed towards the needs of the mid-career nurse. This research addresses the need to develop and implement policies directed towards the recruitment and retention of mid-career nurses in Ontario.
Read More February 1, 2010 |
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This study is aimed at understanding the complex processes and interruptions in the nursing work environment that may contribute to patient safety incidents.
Read More January 1, 2010 |
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This research examines interruptions in pediatric nurses’ work and the systems issues related to interruptions in pediatric nursing work.
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This research study is aimed at understanding the complex processes and interruptions in the nursing work environment that may contribute to patient safety incidents.
Read More January 2, 2009 |
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In phase one, senior nursing and/or human resources personnel in each of the sample sites will be surveyed to determine the nurse staffing models and the level of knowledge and skill of the nursing staff mix employed in each of their facilities, and the individual strategies and efforts employed by their organization to enhance the long-term care knowledge and skill development of the nursing staff.
Read More January 1, 2009 |
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The purpose of phase one of this research is to gain an understanding of the Canadian-trained RNs in the U.S. Phase two aims to identify the basic motivations for emigration of Canadian nurses licensed to work in North Carolina, and to determine their interest in returning to Canada to work.
Read More January 2, 2008 |
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The overall purpose of the Nursing Report project was to introduce and structure a nursing perspective within the Hospital Reports series in Ontario.
Read More January 1, 2008 |
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The purposes of this research were: (a) to conduct a critical review and analysis of the literature on input or structural variables in work settings that can be considered indicators of the quality of nurse’s work life in health care settings in Ontario, and (b) to conduct a pilot study to determine the feasibility of collecting data related to these indicators.
Read More January 1, 2006 |
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The objectives of the study were to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing staff mix and staff ratio tools; and to provide recommendations on how these tools contribute to the creation of appropriate workload for nurses.
Read More January 1, 2005 |
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The purpose of this research was to examine the costing methodology employed for nursing services in Ontario, and to evaluate its relationship to actual nursing services utilization in the health care sector.
Read More January 2, 2004 |
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The Nursing Staff Mix Outcomes Study (NSMOS) was a province-wide research project that was designed to assess the impact of the composition and mix of nursing care staff in acute care teaching hospitals on patient, nurse and system outcomes.
Read More January 1, 2004 |
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The purpose of this research was to examine current approaches, and develop and test a new method for measuring nursing productivity in home care settings in Ontario, by evaluating its relationship to outcomes for the system and the patient.
Read More January 1, 2003 |
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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between staff mix models comprised of regulated staff (RNs and RPNs), regulated and unregulated staff (RNs and URWs), and nursing and quality outcomes.
Read More January 1, 2003 |
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The overall purpose of the Nursing Report project was to introduce and structure a nursing perspective within the Hospital Reports series in Ontario. The first project objective aimed to identify evidence-based indicators representative of nursing care.
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