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April 16, 2021This lesson in crisis leadership relates to burnout and moral distress among nurses.
Thematic analysis of selected studies suggests that nurses are at an increased risk for stress, burnout and depression during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Younger female nurses with less clinical experience are more vulnerable to adverse mental health outcomes.
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Innovative Technologies for Challenging Issues: Paving the Way for More Collaborative, Patient-Centric Care
Juggy Sihota, Vice President, Consumer Health, TELUS and Dr. Diane McIntosh, Chief Neuroscience Officer, TELUS
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How to Improve Safety and Quality in an Overburdened Health System
At our Breakfast event on January 23, 2019. Dr. Kevin Smith, President and CEO, University Health Network (UHN) discusses how Ontario’s hospitals are often operating beyond 100 per cent capacity.
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The Nursing Human Resource Planning Best Practice Toolkit: Creating a Best Practice Resource for Nursing Managers
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Modelling the impact of restrictions to prepare for next public health crisis
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge Canada’s health-care system and economy, a University of Alberta economist has been awarded $1.25 million by the federal government to start pl [...]
COVID-19 cases in Ontario will remain high into summer without six week stay-at-home order, modelling shows
Without a stay-at-home order lasting six weeks, a more robust vaccination campaign and support for high-risk communities, the current COVID-19 wave will not flatten and will continue into the summer, [...]
CMA calls for extraordinary measures as pandemic surpasses critical point
OTTAWA, ON, April 16, 2021 /CNW/ - The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is issuing an urgent call for unprecedented measures to address the state of crisis unfolding in several provin [...]
Editor's Picks
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is placing unprecedented pressure on a nursing workforce that is already under considerable mental strain due to an overloaded system. Convergent evidence from the current and previous pandemics indicates that nurses experience the highest levels of psychological distress compared with other health professionals. Nurse leaders face particular challenges in mitigating risk and supporting nursing staff to negotiate moral distress and fatigue during large-scale, su [...]
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Director, Negotiations Branch / Director, Primary Health Care Branch
Ministry of Health, Toronto, ON
Director, Business Analytics and Health Information Management
Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia, ON
Supervisor, Occupational Therapy
PracticeNWT, Yellowknife, NT
President & Chief Executive Officer
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital, St. Thomas, ON
President, Foundation/Vice President Brand & Marketing
Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, ON
Manager, Acute Care
Northern Health, Kitimat, BC
Manager, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
VHA Home HealthCare, Toronto, ON
Recruitment for Board of Directors
Scarborough Health Network, Scarborough, ON
Vice President, Clinical Services and Chief Nurse Executive
Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
Chief Executive Officer
YouthLink, Scarborough, ON
Vice President, Client Services
VHA Home HealthCare, Toronto, ON
Regional Manager, Primary Care
PracticeNWT, Fort Simpson, NT
Vice President, Clinical Services & Chief Nursing Executive
Haliburton Highlands Health Services, Haliburton, ON
Vice President, Support Services & Chief Financial Officer
Haliburton Highlands Health Services, Haliburton, ON
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Longwoods Breakfast SeriesA Lens on Healthcare Liability, Safety and the Pandemic's Impact
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Health Outside the Hospital - Panel DiscussionHealth Outside the Hospital
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Health Outside the Hospital - Panel Presentation
Health Outside the Hospital
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Keynote - Dr. Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer – International, HIMSSHealth Outside the Hospital
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