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Canadian Nurses Association (CNA): Interprofessional Collaboration

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:00 -- nhalper

Interprofessional collaborative models of health-service delivery are critical for improving access to patient-centred health care in Canada.

The World Health Organization definescollaborative practice in health care as occurring “when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds provide comprehensive services by working with patients, their families, caregivers and communities to deliver the highest quality of care across settings.”

The Global Quest for Nursing Excellence - 2013

Fri, 11/01/2013 - 00:00 -- nhalper
In this month’s column, Stephanie Ferguson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director, International Council of Nurses’ (ICN) Leadership for Change Programme; Facilitator, ICN Global Nursing Leadership Institute; ICN Consultant for Nursing and Health Policy; and World Health Organization Consultant, provides a perspective on the importance of global nursing excellence and highlights the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s strategic global quest for nursing excellence.
 
The global quest for nursing excellence is

Public Health Nursing Leadership Development in Canada - 2013

Sun, 09/01/2013 - 00:00 -- nhalper
This report includes a literature scan and a pilot survey of the Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC) Board members and members of CHNC standing committees. The literature scan describes leadership issues and leadership development opportunities for public health nursing leadership. The survey includes examples of leadership development opportunities with respect to health equity and the social determinants of health (SDoH) experienced by CHNC members of the Board and its standing committees.

Moving Care to the Community: An International Perspective - 2013

Wed, 05/01/2013 - 00:00 -- nhalper
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has interviewed a number of nursing policy and practice experts working in national nursing associations (NNAs) in Canada, Australia, Sweden, Denmark and Norway to understand the reality behind the rhetoric on the shift from acute hospitals to community care and to understand the impact of this shift on the nursing workforce. These discussions have helped to shape the country-specific intelligence and analysis in this report.

Continuous Quality Improvement: A Shared Governance Model That Maximizes Agent-Specific Knowledge - 2013

Wed, 05/01/2013 - 00:00 -- nhalper
Motivate, Innovate, Celebrate: an innovative shared governance model through the establishment of continuous quality improvement (CQI) councils was implemented across the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). The model leverages agent-specific knowledge at the point of care and provides a structure aimed at building human resources capacity and sustaining enhancements to quality and safe care delivery. Interprofessional and cross-functional teams work through the CQI councils to identify, formulate, execute and evaluate CQI initiatives.

A Concept Analysis of Mentoring in Nursing Leadership - 2013

Tue, 01/01/2013 - 00:00 -- nhalper

Attention in the literature has been given to the critical state of nursing leadership development. There is a need to identify effective ways to sustain and develop nursing leaders. Mentoring has been identified as an invaluable tool to attract and retain new nurse leaders. Examining the concept of mentoring in nursing leadership provides a greater understanding of its importance in today’s healthcare system. The concept of mentoring will be analyzed using the framework developed by Walker and Avant. 

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