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Valuing patient safety

4 Jun 2014

The views and opinions expressed within are solely those of the individuals to whom they are attributed and do not necessarily reflect the policies or views of the CFNU or its member organizations. [...] The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and the CFNU are actively working with Accreditation Canada and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute on the quality and safety agenda. [...] In the dictionary, a simple definition of a discipline is “region of activity, knowledge or influence.” As you read this paper and review the policy recommendations, please consider how the evidence and the policy actions detailed in this paper will assist us in recognizing the important activity of nursing, our knowledge and influence: we need to start asserting ourselves as a discipline if we va [...] One of the most publicized examples of dangerous workforce redesign occurred in the National Health Service (NHS) England, the public health care system of the UK. [...] They identified the challenges associated with nurses’ scope/role confusion and made the following recommendations: a) regulatory bodies and unions of the three nursing groups should work together to better educate their respective members about their unique and shared responsibilities; b) employers should engage health care providers in discussions about distinct and shared responsibilities to im
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Authors

MacPhee, Maura

ISBN
9780986838248
Pages
96
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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