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Recommendations of the Canadian Nurse Practitioner Initiative – Progress Report

In the first three months of 2009, the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) consulted with stakeholders and analyzed the progress made on meeting the recommendations generated from the 2006 Canadian Nurse Practitioner Initiative (CNPI). Questionnaires were developed on the basis of the action plan the CNPI proposed in its report The Way Forward Plan: Committing to Action (CNA, 2006h). Results indicate that more than half of the actions have been fully or partially completed since 2006, and that several key actions remain in progress or are not completed.

Nursing Education in Canada Statistics: 2007-2008

A centralized, national source of credible nursing education information continues to be critical to activities necessary to address the nursing shortage in Canada.

RN Workforce Profiles by Area of Responsibility Year 2007

The statistics presented in this document are derived from the Registered Nurses Database, which is managed by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Information is provided to CIHI by registered nurse (RN) regulatory bodies based on the self-reported data collected on annual licensure/registration forms.

2007 Workforce Profile of Registered Nurses in Canada

Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nursing Education: Integrated Review of the Literature

There is a pressing and moral need to redress the health, economic, and social inequities experienced by the First Nations, Inuit and Métis people of Canada. Education is integral to the future of Canada’s Aboriginal people. Nursing has the opportunity to actively educate First Nations, Inuit and Métis students at the baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral levels.

Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety in Nursing Education: A Framework for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nursing

The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) and the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.) both recognize the need to increase the presence of First Nation, Inuit, and Métis nurses within the nursing profession (Gregory and Barsky, 2007). To this end, several schools of nursing in Canada have actively engaged in efforts to increase the number of Aboriginal nursing students, particularly in undergraduate programs. These schools are demonstrating success in the recruitment of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people into nursing education.

Highlights version of Tested Solutions for Eliminating Canada’s Registered Nurse Shortage

The Canadian Nurses Association is at the forefront of tackling this relentless issue and has been a leader in developing research, policies and plans that address Canada’s RN shortage. Our latest report, Tested Solutions for Eliminating Canada’s Registered Nurse Shortage, provides new projections for how the shortage will grow by almost five times over 15 years.

Policy Brief # 6: Enhancing Workforce Productivity and Increasing Capacity in the Health System Through Information and Communications Technology

In 2006, the World Health Organization estimated a worldwide shortage of almost 4.3 million doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers. Factors such as an aging population and the growing incidence of chronic diseases will continue to challenge the capacity of the health system in Canada and other countries across the globe in the coming years. Implementing effective strategies for retaining the existing workforce and recruiting new health-care professionals will not be enough to address workforce shortages: innovative approaches are also needed to enhance the productivity of the health workforce.

Policy Brief # 5: Sustaining the Workforce by Embracing Diversity

According to a 2002 study by the Canadian Nurses Association, Canada will experience a shortage of 113,000 registered nurses by 2016 if past workforce utilization patterns continue. Physicians and other health-care professionals are also experiencing critical workforce shortages. At the same time, Canada’s population continues to grow, largely owing to an increase in immigration. Canada receives 200,000 new immigrants each year from all over the world. Our visible minority population is growing at a faster rate than the general population, and it is estimated that by 2017, 20 per cent of Canadians (up from 16.2 per cent in 2006) will be a member of a visible minority.

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