Case Study: Interviews with nurses in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan Objective III: Examine the effectiveness of policies and strategies (as identified in method component 2) and report the experiences of nurses with policies and strategies, shortages, and the exodus from the profession. [...] • Establish a National Nurse Engagement Taskforce to engage point-of-care nurses in the development of planning and policy measures to enhance high-quality and safe working environments for nurses, and to mitigate impacts of current and future pandemics on the nursing workforce. [...] • Establish a National Coalition of Nursing Experts and Leaders to guide the production of rapid reviews and policy briefs to inform key nursing policy, planning and management actions, and to inform the development of a sustainable strategy to address ongoing needs related to recruitment, retention, and enhanced work environments for nurses. [...] Efforts to increase nursing engagement in planning and decision-making processes should aim to recognize and value nurses’ critical contribution to care delivery, leverage nurses’ wealth of knowledge and expertise to develop solutions that address the key challenges they face at the point-of-care, support the overall well-being of nurses, and establish policies that adopt Indigenous and Equity, Di. [...] Next steps for the review team: A coalition of nursing leaders that came together to support this review will continue to lead and guide rapid reviews and policy briefs to inform planning, key policies, and actions and as a sustained strategy to address ongoing needs related to recruitment and retention, and enhanced work environments for nurses.
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