The Nursing Health Services Research Unit is a collaborative project of the University of Toronto, Lawrence S. Bloomberg, Faculty of Nursing and McMaster University, School of Nursing. The Unit is led by Scientific Directors, Dr. Diane Doran at the Toronto site and Dr. Andrea Baumann at the McMaster site.
NHSRU News
Innovative Web-Based Guide for Employers of Internationally Educated Nurses
Internationally Educated Nurses: An Employer’s Guide (www.oha.com/ien) is a unique web-based guide designed to help hospitals and health care facilities overcome barriers faced by internationally educated nurses (IENs) from the time they enter Canada. This new web-based resource launched at … [Read more]
Publication Categories
- Acute Care
- Community Health & Home Care
- Correctional Nursing
- Health Outcomes
- International Nursing
- Late-Career Nurse
- Long-Term Care
- Mental Health
- Mid-Career Nurse
- New Graduate
- Nursing Education
- Nursing Employment Strategies
- Nursing Work Environment
- Public Health
- Sector Mobility
- Telehealth & Information
Recent Publications
Interim Report: Home Care Nursing Health Human Resources – Building and Sustaining a Quality Nursing Workforce
Research Team Diane Doran, RN, PhD, FCAHS Dan Laporte, Research Manager, NHSRU Sang Nahm, Data Analyst, NHSRU Laureen Hayes, Research Officer, NHSRU Roshan Khan, Research Officer, NHSRU Executive Summary Ontario faces enormous health care challenges driven by realities that include: … [Read more]
Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: Investing in Capacity Building for Nursing Health Services Research
Author: Dr. Andrea Baumann This report provides an evaluation of the Undergraduate Student Research Internship Program (USRIP) and demonstrates how the program achieves its intended outcomes and how government investment contributes to health research capacity. Document analysis was used, which … [Read more]
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Research in Action
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Workforce Integration of New Nurses: Exploring Employment Goals, Expectations, and Intent to Migrate of Nursing Graduates in a Canadian Border City
Research Team- Michelle Freeman, MSN, RN, Andrea Baumann, PhD, RN, Jennifer Blythe, PhD, Anita Fisher, PhD, RN, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, PhD, Camille Kolotylo, PhD, RN The purpose of this study is to describe the pre-employment profile, employment goals, and intent to … [Read more]
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Research in Action Summary: Linking BPGs Use and HOBIC Outcomes in the Community
Research TeamDiane DoranNancy LefebrePeggy WhiteCarole Estabrooks This summary presents selected highlights from a research study entitled “Linking Best Practice Guideline Use and Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (HOBIC) in the Community.” The full report will be available soon … [Read more]