Findings from the 2005 National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses : Enquête nationale sur le travail et la santé du personnel infirmier de 2005, résultats

Sue Matthews The National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses project was initiated in October 2000 as a collaborative effort between the Canadian Institute for Health Information, Statistics Canada, Health Canada and the Institute for Work and Health. [...] Nurses in British Columbia and in Saskatchewan were more likely than those in the rest of the country to have been injured on the job: 1 in 8 BC nurses (12%) and nearly this share of Saskatchewan nurses (11%) reported being injured about twice the proportion in Prince Edward Island (1 in 20). [...] The results of the analysis underscore the importance of collaboration and respect in the workplace. [...] To provide information about their characteristics and how they compare with other employed people, the 2005 National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses (NSWHN) included a range of questions about the settings in which nurses work and what their jobs involve. [...] Of course, some of Canada s nurses were temporarily absent from work when the National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses was conducted.