{"title":"Innovative nursing employment initiatives to strengthen and sustain the health workforce in Canada.","authors":"Andrea Baumann, Victoria Smith, Mary Crea-Arsenio","doi":"10.1177/08404704241232668","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health systems worldwide are at a critical juncture due to an increasing demand for health services and a diminishing pool of health human resources. While COVID-19 exacerbated nursing deficits, the need to strengthen and sustain the health workforce in Canada was evident decades prior and supported by numerous studies that warned of significant shortages. Post pandemic, building health system capacity has become paramount. This article examines innovative nursing employment initiatives in Canada. It provides a snapshot of federal, provincial and territorial approaches, with a particular focus on Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) due to burgeoning interest in and competition for their skills and services. However, recognizing that health human resource planning is a persistent challenge, further initiatives are suggested. These include complementary policy development to improve retention and policy frameworks that support proactive long-term strategies to address the cyclical shortage of nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":39854,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare Management Forum","volume":" ","pages":"251-257"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Healthcare Management Forum","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08404704241232668","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/2/19 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Health systems worldwide are at a critical juncture due to an increasing demand for health services and a diminishing pool of health human resources. While COVID-19 exacerbated nursing deficits, the need to strengthen and sustain the health workforce in Canada was evident decades prior and supported by numerous studies that warned of significant shortages. Post pandemic, building health system capacity has become paramount. This article examines innovative nursing employment initiatives in Canada. It provides a snapshot of federal, provincial and territorial approaches, with a particular focus on Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) due to burgeoning interest in and competition for their skills and services. However, recognizing that health human resource planning is a persistent challenge, further initiatives are suggested. These include complementary policy development to improve retention and policy frameworks that support proactive long-term strategies to address the cyclical shortage of nurses.
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Healthcare Management Forum is the official journal of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives. It is the only peer-reviewed journal that covers issues related to advances in health services management, theory and practice in a Canadian context. The quality of its contributors, the rigorous review process and the leading-edge topics make it truly unique!
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