Using a checklist to rank your workplace against a list of attributes is a great way to determine whether your workplace has elements of a quality practice environment. It draws attention to the features of a healthy work environment and will encourage you to think about how your workplace measures up. While there are no firm scores to indicate a “healthy” or “unhealthy” workplace, more check marks on the low side of the scale clearly indicate your practice environment could benefit from improvement.
How to advocate for quality practice environments in nursing
Talk about the importance of the nursing role in practice environments
Bring attention to the scope of nursing practice
Lobby for professional recognition and remuneration
Promote the importance of a safe work environment and collaborate to improve it
Collect and distribute data on best practices
Encourage teamwork and collaboration among nurses and other professionals
Present awards for effective quality work-life initiatives
Stress the importance of a positive work environment and takes steps to achieve it
CSPI urges mandatory calorie and sodium information on menus
In an effort to make Canadians healthier, by making them aware of what they eat, it has long been mandated that packaged foods must list calorie and sodium content...
Influenza is a serious illness that disproportionately affects certain populations who have a higher risk of complications. Influenza immunization, as the most effective method of preventing the flu, allows health-care workers to protect themselves, their families and those in their care.
Have You Thought About the Social Determinants of Health?
The health of Canadians is not shaped primarily by the medical treatments they receive or the lifestyle choices they make but by the living conditions they experience. These conditions have come to be known as the social determinants of health.
This module seeks to build on the timely information provided in earlier CNA documents and to explore why it is increasingly critical that nurses be aware and concerned about environmental issues.
The resources within this section are offered to inform your cultural awareness, competency, and safety so as to enhance your capabilities to work with your clients in addressing their health and wellness needs
CNA's Learning Modules: Bringing the Code of Ethics to Life
Provides a convenient way to become familiar with the values and responsibilities at the heart of ethical nursing practice and to see how they are applied in everyday working scenarios.
CNA
gives a health-care facility the Employer Recognition Award for showing
exemplary, sustained support of the certification program and CNA-certified
registered nurses (RNs)…
Pause before you post! Exploring the Ethics of Social Media
This webinar will explore the impact that new technologies can have on patient privacy and confidentiality, patient care, professional boundaries and the reputations of nurses and the organizations in which they work.
Guidelines provide a framework for the implementation of evidence-based care, and this learning exercise helps you learn more about guidelines and how they can benefit patients.
Evidence-informed decision-making: Health care's crème de la crème
Evidence comes in many forms: individual research studies, systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, results of quality improvement studies, and more.
Primary Care Toolkit
