Nursing workload and patient care : Charge de travail du personnel infirmier et soins aux patients : comprendre la valeur du personnel infirmier, les répercussions des charges de travail excessives, et comment les ratios infirmière-patients et les modèles dynamiques de dotation peuvent aider

However, the names and some of the details have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the nurses, patients and facilities involved. [...] Premier Wall, co-chair of the Working Group, has a home-grown model to share — a partnership agreement between the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses and the Government of Saskatchewan with the addition of Regional Health Authorities, aimed at achieving safe levels of staffing for patients. [...] Most reports made recommendations with respect to appropriate staffing, matching scope of practice to patient needs, addressing the increasing pace and complexity of work, reducing absenteeism and nurse fatigue, and improving the integration of client care within health care institutions and between institutions and the community. [...] At this point in time there is an urgent need to address the ongoing workload and worklife issues for nurses in order to improve the outcomes and experiences of patients and their families in the Canadian health care system. [...] In order to improve health outcomes and the quality of care, health care decision makers need to be challenged to act on what we already know, and to address the workloads and working environments of nurses.