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Last modified: June 14, 2005

Long-term care teleconference:
Accountability for Nurse Leaders

Highlights for March 29, 2005

 

The College of Nurses of Ontario has initiated a series of teleconferences to further explore the realities of long-term care practice settings, and to provide opportunities for nurse leaders to engage in collective problem-solving.

During the Accountability of Nurse Leaders, the first teleconference in the series, four themes surfaced. Below is a list of the discussed themes and discussion points raised by participants.

  1. Advocacy regarding financial, human and technological resources
    • Advocate for resources such as appropriate staffing, ongoing education, and equipment.
    • Involve staff in identifying their needs and look at what resources are needed to meet those needs.
    • Use data to anticipate client needs and enhance quality care, making the best of available sources.
    • Look for themes across the system.
    • Promote research and the application of research in long-term care.
    • Place paramount importance on creativity.
    • Collaborate with other long-term care nurse leaders to collectively gather relevant information and advocate.
  2. Staffing challenges including concerns about staff availability and staff turnover
    • How do we ensure nursing staff take accountability for their actions?
    • How do we support staff to engage in continuous learning? How can we make learning attractive? Staff say they aren’t engaging in educational opportunities because of “shortage of time” and “demands placed on them.”
    • How do we and you develop networking systems so that we work together to solve staffing issues? (The importance of building a network.)
    • How can we support new nurses? Consider the support needs of novice nurses when making staffing decisions and ensure resources are available to meet these needs.
  3. Managing professional practice issues including staff competency and accountability, and the changing care needs of residents
    • Articulate how a practice impacts the client.
    • Adapt lessons learned from different sectors, for example community and public health, into your practice settings.
    • Make the best use of available standards, guidelines and resources.
  4. Labour management issues including team dynamics, conflict resolution and union issues including contracts.

 

Resources discussed:

  • RNAO workbook for long-term care facilities
  • PIECES training

The next teleconference, Working with Unregulated Care Providers, is scheduled for May 17, 2005 . For registration information, visit the College website.

 

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