Bridging the generational divide

We have felt disconnect between management and the frontline the effects of a ‘boom to bust’ model of nursing with nurse, and a feeling of helplessness as their input and the ever-changing political landscape. [...] In this paper, we seek to understand the Early-career nurses and students experience a expectations and needs of Canadian nurses of different disconnect between education and training and the generations and across all career stages. [...] In the words of the to set the tone for the overall work environment so their nurses we interviewed, “nursing practice is patient importance was felt to be critical to the day-to-day work care.” Findings from this inquiry and the following experience and culture. [...] Ensuring a healthy and sustainable nursing workforce and attending to the needs and concerns of nurses Similarly both early- and mid- to late-career nurses throughout the span of their careers will help to ensure identified the importance of flexibility within their the best possible care for patients and their families. [...] However, as 1.2 The Impact of Workforce Restructuring was seen in the mid-1990s, when new graduate nurses are unable to find and secure full-time employment, they are more likely to leave the country for work or leave the The restructuring of the Canadian health care system profession altogether (CNAC, 2002).