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Pandemic sees hospital staffing challenges grow and rates of unintentional harm increase

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Thursday, October 19, 2023
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The report, Hospital staffing and hospital harm trends throughout the pandemic ,uses costing and administrative data to compare pandemic trends with pre–COVID-19 times.

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  • The report, Hospital staffing and hospital harm trends throughout the pandemic ,uses costing and administrative data to compare pandemic trends with pre–COVID-19 times.
  • In 2022–2023, the pan-Canadian rate of unintentional hospital harm was 6%, the third year in a row there was an increase compared with pre-pandemic numbers.
  • "While there are many things that impact hospital harm rates, we know there is a link between staff well-being and patient safety."
  • It is meant to complement information — like staffing data — to help organizations find ways to further reduce potentially preventable harm by implementing evidence-based practices."

Canadian Nurses Foundation Announces Annual Fundraiser to Provide New Mental Health Supports and Grow Nursing Scholarship Program

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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OTTAWA, Oct. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian Nurses Foundation (CNF), a leading national charity that invests in nurses, nursing students and nursing education, will host its annual fundraiser, The Night Shift: Lighting Up the Night for Nurses on November 2, 2023 at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre. Funds raised will go towards the charity’s growing mental health programs, as well as its scholarship program which offers over 100 scholarships and bursaries to nursing students across the country each year.

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  • Funds raised will go towards the charity’s growing mental health programs, as well as its scholarship program which offers over 100 scholarships and bursaries to nursing students across the country each year.
  • “Canadian nurses have faced immense trials and challenges over the past few years that have negatively affected their psychological well-being, which also impacts the health outcomes of Canadians and our entire health care system,” said Rob Gottschalk, CEO, Canadian Nurses Foundation.
  • Most recently, CNF has partnered with the Mental Health Commission of Canada to fund programming and training to help build a well-resourced nursing community with a focus on mental health.
  • To purchase tickets for this can’t-miss event, visit cnfnightshift.ca and follow us on Facebook @cnf.fiic, Instagram @canadiannursesfoundation and X (Twitter) @theCNF using #CNFnightshift

Access to health care must be ministers' top priority: health organizations

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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CHARLOTTETOWN, PE, Oct. 10, 2023 /CNW/ - As Canada's health ministers gather in Charlottetown, P.E.I., national health care organizations are calling for clear action plans to unlock federal funding and urgently improve access to care for Canadians.

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  • CHARLOTTETOWN, PE, Oct. 10, 2023 /CNW/ - As Canada's health ministers gather in Charlottetown, P.E.I., national health care organizations are calling for clear action plans to unlock federal funding and urgently improve access to care for Canadians.
  • Meanwhile, Canada is experiencing population growth at a rate not seen in decades and health care providers are struggling to keep up with the volume and complexity of required care.
  • Our organizations are prepared to work with all levels of government on tangible solutions to reform our health care system and improve working conditions for providers and access to care for patients.
  • From community health centres to nurse practitioner-led clinics, nurses are eager to play a greater, expanded role in primary care as part of a broader team of health care providers."

NNAS Makes it Faster and Easier for Internationally Educated Nurses to Start Licensing Process in Canada

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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TORONTO, June 21, 2023 /CNW/ - The National Nursing Assessment Services (NNAS) announces today the launch of a new, expedited credentialing service for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs).

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  • TORONTO, June 21, 2023 /CNW/ - The National Nursing Assessment Services (NNAS) announces today the launch of a new, expedited credentialing service for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs).
  • NNAS is the starting point for IENs interested in becoming licensed or registered in Canada.
  • The advisory reports compile and authenticate the documentation regulators require from IENs to begin the licensing process.
  • The improvements NNAS is introducing are designed to support IENs and the work of regulators to make the application process fast, simple, and safe.

Government of Canada and Chief Nursing Officer hosted the Nursing Retention Forum to address health workforce challenges

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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Health workers are the backbone of the health care system, and the Government of Canada is working with provinces and territories, as well as the Coalition for Action for Health Workers and other key partners to address health workforce challenges.

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  • Health workers are the backbone of the health care system, and the Government of Canada is working with provinces and territories, as well as the Coalition for Action for Health Workers and other key partners to address health workforce challenges.
  • Additionally, it will support more team-based models of care and leverage new technologies to transform the health system in order to address the health workforce crisis.
  • Today, the Government of Canada hosted a Nursing Retention Forum, led by Canada's Chief Nursing Officer, Dr. Leigh Chapman, bringing together the nursing community, employers, and frontline workers from across the country to discuss the current health workforce crisis including strategies to address and improve nursing retention.
  • On August 23, 2022, Health Canada announced that it had appointed Dr. Leigh Chapman as Chief Nursing Officer, to look at pan-Canadian nursing issues and providing strategic advice to Health Canada on priority policy and program areas.

Health care providers to Canadian governments: this is our prescription for hope

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Friday, November 4, 2022
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Patients and caregivers continue to suffer as health care providers burn out and leave their professions, wait lists grow and emergency departments close due to staff shortages.

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  • Patients and caregivers continue to suffer as health care providers burn out and leave their professions, wait lists grow and emergency departments close due to staff shortages.
  • The CMA, CNA and HealthCareCAN are adamant that governments must take the opportunity next week to address serious health system challenges and ensure that health care providers and organizations can continue delivering the critical health services that people across Canada need.
  • Health care workers and patients are united in calling on governments to take the steps necessary to stabilize and rebuild our health systems to ensure their survival.
  • "Imagine a hospital teeming with patients, waiting in their rooms and in hallways with no health care providers to care for them.

MEDIA ADVISORY - Health care groups call on premiers to make Canada's collapsing health system their top priority

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Thursday, July 7, 2022
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Our health care crisis must be the priority, and an action plan is urgently required.

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  • Our health care crisis must be the priority, and an action plan is urgently required.
  • "We know that fixing the health care system will take time but deferring any tangible action will only deepen the cracks.
  • When a universal health system is not able to provide basic health care needs to Canadians, we must accept that it has failed and work together to fix it.
  • While the pandemic certainly struck a severe blow, our health care system has been reeling from a decades-long health care worker shortage that continues to grow unabated thanks to untenable working conditions.

Physicians, nurses offer solutions to immediately address health human resource crisis

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Monday, May 16, 2022
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Address issues that prevent health care workers from spending more time caring for patients by creating administrative and mental health supports in primary and secondary care settings.

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  • Address issues that prevent health care workers from spending more time caring for patients by creating administrative and mental health supports in primary and secondary care settings.
  • Improve workforce data collection across health systems to support creating a health human resource plan for Canada.
  • "Our organizations are unified in calling for timely action to address the health care worker crisis before us.
  • We represent registered nurses, nurse practitioners, licensed and registered practical nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, retired nurses, and nursing students across all 13 provinces and territories.

Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society Celebrates Canadian Nurses

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Thursday, May 12, 2022
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TORONTO, May 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week is National Nurses Week and the Canadian Anesthesiologists Society (CAS) celebrates the dedication, resourcefulness, and outstanding care of our nursing colleagues.

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  • TORONTO, May 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week is National Nurses Week and the Canadian Anesthesiologists Society (CAS) celebrates the dedication, resourcefulness, and outstanding care of our nursing colleagues.
  • Nurses are essential members of the anesthesia care team and play an integral part in a patients healthcare journey.
  • From the pre-op clinic, operating room, recovery room, ICU, nursing home and so much more nurses are omnipresent.
  • During National Nurses Week we proudly support the Canadian Nurses Association (CAN) theme #WeAnswerTheCall, developed to bring attention to Canadian nursing.

Canada's health system is on life support: Health workers call for urgent mobilization to address shortages, burnout and backlog issues

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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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OTTAWA, ON, March 10, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Two years into the pandemic, organizations representing health workers across the country are sounding the alarm that Canada's health care system is collapsing.

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  • OTTAWA, ON, March 10, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Two years into the pandemic, organizations representing health workers across the country are sounding the alarm that Canada's health care system is collapsing.
  • While Canadians are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and public health measures are being loosened, the same cannot be said for health workers.
  • On top of severe exhaustion and burnout from working through two years of COVID-19, health care workers now face both massive system backlogs and a shortage of colleagues to cope with demands.
  • "What we heard is disheartening, with health workers exceedingly distressed, facing harassment and leaving their careers and professions.