Ann Butler Maher RN, MS, FNP-BC, ONC (Family Nurse Practitioner) *, Anita J Meehan RN-BC, MSN, ONC (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Gerontology/ Director) , Karen Hertz RN, BSc(Hons), MSc (Advanced Nurse Practitioner T&O) , Ami Hommel RN, CNS, PhD (Associate Professor) , Valerie MacDonald RN, BSN, MSN, ONC (Clinical Nurse Specialist) , Mary P O’Sullivan RGN, RM, BNS/RNT, MSc Nursing (Clinical Develo...

General sick nursing knowledge, while a useful adjunct, is of 110 more value in the work of the average attendant on the mentally defective than it is in that of anyone else responsible for the general welfare of a number of people, and if too much time is spent in an endeavour to acquire hospital nursing technique, it must hinder what is the essential part of the treatment, viz., the developme...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of nurse staffing and organizational support for nursing care on nurses' dissatisfaction with their jobs, nurse burnout, and nurse reports of quality of patient care in an international sample of hospitals. DESIGN Multisite cross-sectional survey SETTING Adult acute-care hospitals in the U.S. (Pennsylvania), Canada (Ontario and British Columbia), England and...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many educational institutions to shift to flexible learning options (FLO), which require technology in teaching. Digital immigrant nurse educators, who are educators born before 1985, may need help adopting FLO due to their limited knowledge and skills in technology. This study aims to explore the experiences of digital immigrant nurse educators' cha...

The research profiled in this issue of CJNL provides important insights into contemporary issues for nursing in Canada. The papers individually and collectively deepen our understanding of why nurses enter nursing, relocate within Canada and remain in or leave their positions and the profession. Informed by the work and experience of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), this commentary explor...