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Leading Cancer Care in Ontario

Robert Fraser — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:54:46 +0000

Esther Green - RN MSc

Provincial Head of Nursing & Psychosocial Oncology - Cancer Care Ontario

I had the privilege to sit down with Esther Green, who is working at Cancer Care Ontario. We had a great discussion on how she came to her role and what she is doing there. She brings up interesting insights into how she is integrating research on advanced practice nursing, recruitment and retention and patient safety in her current role.

Links

Denise Bryant-Lukosius
PEPPA Framework (Particapatory, Evidence-Based, Patient-Focused, Process for Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) Role Develompent, Implementation and Evaluation)Framework
de Souza Institute

Research

Cummings G.G.,Olson K.,Hayduk L.,Bakker D.,Fitch M.,Green E.,Butler L.&Conlon M. (2008) The relationship between nursing leadership and nurses' job satisfaction in Canadian oncology work environments Journal of Nursing Management16, 508-518
Bryant-Lukosius, D., DiCenso, A., Browne, G., & Pinelli, J. (2004). Advanced practice nursing roles: developing, implementation and evaluation. The Journal of Advanced Nursing, 48(5), 519-529
Bryant-Lukosius, D., DiCenso, A., (2004) A framework for the introduction and evaluation of advanced practice nursing roles, Nursing and Health Care Management Policy, 48(5) 530-540.

Question

Esther Green: What do you think the core areas that would help you develop your leadership skills? What type of courses would you like to see for oncology nursing leadership offered?
Robert Fraser: Do you understand how your oncology unit fits into the larger system picture?

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Helping Nurses Take Hold of Their Careers

Robert Fraser — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:18:43 +0000

Dr Janice Waddell RN, BScN, MA, PhD

Links

Donner-Wheeler Career Planning Model

Research

McGillis Hall, L., Waddell, J., Donner, G., & Wheeler, M. (2004) Outcomes of a Career Planning And Development Program For Registered Nurses, Nursing Economics, 22(5), 231-238.

Question

Janice: Do you have a mentor, a person in your career you admire? Do you on reflect on good days, and what happened that resonated with your values? Similarily on bad days, what value of yours did not play out, and is that something that is situational or is it something you can change? What is important to you and is it happening? Who is there in your world to support you?

Rob: How long have you been a nurse (or when you will you become a nurse) and where do you see yourself in 2, 5, and 10 years?

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Nurse caught using facebook- innovating to learn, recruit and retain

Robert Fraser — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:43:25 +0000

Dr. Claire Mallette RN, PhD

Director of Education, Placement and Development

University Health Network

Links

Questions:

What do you want to know or see provided through sources like the UHN facebook group, what would bring you back?
Have you applied to any job advertisements from Facebook, has your organization been successfully recruited nurses through Facebook ads?

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