title: The imperative for new approaches for managing and leading in healthcare for the 21st century--observations from the Canadian Nurses Association's National Expert Commission Experience and Report.
abstract: The Canadian healthcare system must change to meet current and future realities, particularly to respond effectively to changing age and cultural demographics and new medical/scientific technologies. To meet its ongoing policy role, the Canadian Nurses Association established a National Expert Commission in 2011, mandated to prepare a report on healthcare reform and transformation, with a clear focus on the role individual nurses and the nursing profession generally could play in ensuring better health, better care and better value for Canadians. In this paper, Commission co-chair, health law specialist Maureen McTeer, outlines the key findings and recommendations of their final report, titled A Nursing Call to Action: The Health of our Nation, the Future of our Health System which she and co-chair Dr. Marlene Smadu presented originally at the CNA's biennial meeting in Vancouver, in June, 2012. The discussion focuses on the rationale behind the commission's recommendation for a new registered nursing education curriculum and approach to training.
authors: Co-Chair, CNA National Expert Commission.
authors: Maureen
authors: M
authors: McTeer
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D062069:Inventions / Q000639:trends; D007857:Leadership; D009726:Nurses / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D011157:Population Dynamics / Q000639:trends; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D012922:Social Change; D012956:Societies, Nursing