Fact Sheets

Fact sheets give a concise overview of important issues or research related to the federal and provincial health care system. They are organized following Hall's (1993) Health Human Resource framework of planning, production and management.

Fact Sheets listed below are from 2004 to present. If you wish fact sheets from a prior year please contact Joanne Leeming at leeminj@mcmaster.ca

Planning: The process of estimating the number of health personnel and the kind of knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to achieve predetermined health targets.

• The Impact of Nursing Workload on Bacterial Nosocomial Infections in the Acute Care Setting
• Understanding Nursing Vacancies: A Key to Improved Nurse Utilization, Cost Effectiveness and Patient Outcomes
• Applying Utilization Levels To Evaluate Nurse Staffing
• Community Health Nursing in Ontario: Enablers and Barriers for Effective Practice
• Best Practice Guidelines in Long-Term Care Phase 1: A Process Evaluation Fact Sheet I of II. OVERVIEW & METHODS
• Best Practice Guidelines in Long-Term Care Phase 1: A Process Evaluation Fact Sheet II of II. RESULTS
• Best Practice Guidelines in Long-Term Care Phase 2: An Impact Evaluation Fact Sheet I of III. OVERVIEW & METHODS
• Best Practice Guidelines in long-Term Care Phase 2: An Impact Evaluation: Fact Sheet II of III.RESULTS
• Best Practice Guidelines in Long-Term Care Phase 2: An Impact Evaluation: Fact Sheet III of III. FEEDBACK & RECOMMENDATIONS
• Home Health Nurses in Ontario, 1999-2010
• Nurses in Public Health in Ontario

• Canadian Nurse Migration to the United States of America
• Internationally Educated Nurses (IENS) in Ontario
• A Literature Review of Orientation Programs for New Nursing Graduates
• Employer Perspectives on Implementing an Employment Strategy
• Ontario's Web-based Employment Portal for Nursing Graduates: Best Practices

• Casualization and SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome): Implications for Human Resource Policies
• Stress and Coping among Nurses who Help Patients Manage Chronic Pain
• Evidence-Based Standards for Measuring Nurse Staffing & Performance
• Mobility of Nurses Within Canada
• Magnet Hospitals: Characteristics of Magnet Hospitals
• Strategies & Outcomes Associated with Magnet Hospitals
• Introduction to Nurse-Physician Collaboration Nurse-Physician Collaboration: Fact Sheet I of IV
• Outcomes and Issues Associated with Nurse-Physician Collaboration Nurse-Physician Collaboration: Fact Sheet II of IV
• Tracing the Evolution of Nurse-Physician Collaboration Nurse-Physician Collaboration: Fact Sheet III of IV
• Nurse-Physician Collaboration Today: Implications for Policy and Research Nurse-Physician Collaboration: Fact Sheet IV of IV
• Rural Nursing Workforce: Backgrounder 1 of 2
• Rural Nursing Workforce: How sustainable is it? 2 of 2
• Late Career Nurse Funding Initiative Phase 1: Process Evaluation Fact Sheet I Of  IV. Overview
• Late Career Nurse Funding Initiative Phase 1: Process Evaluation Fact Sheet II of IV
• Late Career Nurse Funding Initiative Phase 2: Impact Evaluation Fact Sheet III Of  IV. Outcomes
• Late Career Nurse Funding Initiative Phase 2: Impact Evaluation Fact Sheet IV of IV. Key Findings & Recommendations
• Sector Specific Components That Contribute To Positive Work Environments And Job Satisfaction For Nurses (SSC). Fact Sheet I Of II
• Sector Specific Components That Contribute To Positive Work Environments And Job Satisfaction For Nurses (SSC). Fact Sheet II Of II