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]
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]
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]
Summary The nursing workforce in Ontario is expected to reduce over the next decade, negatively impacting the healthcare system. An aging workforce combined with a more senior population could mean there will be more patients in Ontario and a smaller … [Read more]
Research TeamDiane Doran, RN, PhD, FCAHSDan Laporte, Research Manager, NHSRU Autumn Chilcote, Research Officer, NHSRUPaul Rizk, Research Officer, NHSRUPing Zou, Research Assistant, NHSRU Executive Summary In an effort to stem the loss of Ontario’s late career nurses, in 2004 the … [Read more]
Research TeamDiane Doran, RN, PhD, FCAHSDan Laporte, Research Manager, NHSRU Autumn Chilcote, Research Officer, NHSRUPaul Rizk, Research Officer, NHSRUPing Zou, Research Assistant, NHSRU This summary presents selected highlights from a research study entitled “Evaluating the Impact of Ontario’s Late Career … [Read more]
Author(s): Meyer RM, O’Brien-Pallas LL. Publication: Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2010 Dec; 66(12):2828-38 Abstract: AIM: This paper is a discussion of the derivation of the Nursing Services Delivery Theory from the application of open system theory to large-scale organizations. BACKGROUND: … [Read more]
Authors: Baumann, A & Kolotylo, C. Executive Summary: Funded by the Nursing Secretariat, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, the Forecasting Workforce Demand Project is a demonstration of health human resources (HHR) planning. This study focuses on the implementation … [Read more]
These summaries highlight findings from the research study entitled “Sector Specific Components that Contribute to Positive Work Environments & Job Satisfaction For Nurses (SSC)”. This series of summaries present selected content from a report produced for the Ontario Ministry of … [Read more]
Author: Fisher, A. Nurse vacancies, as currently defined and measured, misrepresent the demand for nurses in the labour market. Lack of a standard definition of nurse vacancy renders nursing vacancy counts and vacancy rates inaccurate measures of nurse shortage. In … [Read more]