HUMAN RESOURCES AND INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOUR: IMPROVING NURSING PERFORMANCE

A focus on nursing human resources.

From November 3–5, 2005, the Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses was involved in three meetings in Ottawa: ACEN’s Education Conference on November 3 and its Annual General Meeting on November 5. On November 4, ACEN members were invited to join the Association of Canadian Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO) at its invitational conference. The focus of the ACEN Education Conference was on nursing h...

International Centre for Human Resources in Nursing

Nursing human resources: what do we know?

The nursing workforce is an integral part of the Canadian healthcare system and constitutes the largest group within the healthcare workforce in Canada. The Canadian nursing workforce includes three regulated occupational groups that work in a variety of roles and organizations across the continuum of care. These include licensed practical nurses (LPNs), registered nurses (RNs) and registered p...

Improving patient safety by optimizing the use of nursing human resources

BACKGROUND Recent ecological studies have suggested that inadequate nurse staffing may contribute to the incidence of adverse events in acute care hospitals. However, longitudinal studies are needed to further examine these associations and to identify the staffing patterns that are of greatest risk. The aims of this study are to determine if (a) nurse staffing levels are associated with an inc...

Boosting morale and improving performance in the nursing setting.

AIM AND BACKGROUND While the importance of morale is well researched in the nursing literature, strategies and interventions are not so prolific. The complexities of interpersonal relationships within the clinical domain, and the critical issues faced by nurses on a daily basis, indicate that morale, job satisfaction and motivation are essential components in improving workplace efficiency, out...