Today, leaders of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) including MNU president Sandi Mowat, showed provincial and territorial health leaders the inextricable link between safe staffing, patient safety and quality care. The meeting took place at a roundtable briefing held in Banff, Alberta during federal, provincial and territorial health ministers’ meetings. Nurse leaders and provincial and territorial health ministers discussed national and international lessons from examples such as England’s public inquiry into the relationship between safe staffing, patient safety and quality care. Nurses are the largest group of health care providers in Canada and are responsible for providing the majority of health care to Canadians - thus making them a key link in the chain of safety. The CFNU and CNA presented the ministers with a joint plan for collaborative action on a sustainable health human resources strategy and for patient priority care needs to be properly assessed using real time tools, based on factors such as acuity, stability and complexity. The plan is based on four central priorities: 1. Empower patients and the public through education 2. Support nursing students and nurses 3. Promote evidence-based staffing practices 4. Promote strong nursing leadership The roundtable also featured a presentation from Dr. Maura MacPhee, an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Nursing. Dr. MacPhee authored the recent report, Valuing Patient Safety, a wake-up call for health care decision-makers about the importance of transparency and accountability in a safe health care system. For full media release please see manitobanurses.ca
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:59:21 +0000
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