British Columbia's provincial nursing workload project: evidence to empowerment.
This case study describes an ongoing demonstration project that engages nurses and nurse leaders in decision-making with respect to workload management issues at eight practice sites within British Columbia (two per healthcare sector: acute care, long-term care, community health and community mental health). The primary goal of this project is to promote high-quality practice environments by empowering front-line nurses and their leaders: giving them the means to systematically examine and act upon factors that influence their workloads. Examples from practice sites illustrate tangible benefits from the project.
MacPhee
Maura
M
University of British Columbia School of Nursing, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC. Maura.macphee@nursing.ubc.ca
Jewell
Karen
K
Wardrop
Andrea
A
Ahmed
Ashifa
A
Mildon
Barbara
B
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001955:British Columbia; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data