Registered Nurse Human Resources
Health System Design
Health system design is set to meet population health needs. Governments in partnerships with health-care administrators and other stakeholders determine the delivery models (e.g., primary health care and acute care facilities) as well as the required level of services.
CNA
Position Statements
Financing Canada’s Health System – 2009
Telehealth: The Role of the Nurse – 2007
Interprofessional Collaboration – 2006
Meeting Health Care needs of Canadians – 2005/2006 (with the Canadian Medical Association [CMA], Canadian Healthcare Association [CHA], Health Action Lobby, and Canadian Pharmacists Association [CPhA])
Common vision for the Canadian Health Care System – 2004 (with CHA, CMA, and CPhA)
Framework for Canada’s Health System – 2000
Fact Sheets
Nurses Offer Solutions for Cost-Effective Health Care – 2009
The Value of Registered Nurses – 2009
Nurses for Medicare: Privatization 101 – 2008
Nurses for Medicare: Solutions within Medicare – 2008
Effective Health Care Equals Primary Health Care (PHC) – 2002
Backgrounders
Discussion Papers
CNA’s Preferred Future: Health for All – 2008
Building a Stronger, Viable, Publicly Funded, Not-for-Profit Health System – 2004
“Primary Health Care – The Time Has Come” in Nursing Now (Number 16 – September 2003)
The Value of Nurses in the Community – 2003
“Telehealth: Great Potential or Risky Terrain?” in Nursing Now (Number 9 – November 2000)
“Nursing with Communities – Making the Transition” in Nursing Now (Number 5 – May 1998)
Presentations and Briefs
The Health Infrastructure Advantage: Strengthening the Health System and Canada’s Economy – Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (August 15, 2008)
Review of the 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care (May 27, 2008)
Primary Health Care: A New Approach to Health Care Reform. Notes for Remarks by Rob Calnan and Dr. Ginette Lemire Rodger, President-Elect and President of the Canadian Nurses Association, to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (June 6, 2002)
News Releases
CNA Forecasts Strong Health System, Access Issues to Disappear (January 17, 2008)
The Health System Canada’s Nurses Want: Innovative and Productive (October 15, 2007)
Nurses and Physicians in Partnership: Shorter Wait Times for Canadians (October 11, 2007)
Nurse Practitioners a Viable Solution to Health Care Access (September 7, 2005)
Nurse Practitioner Role to Strengthen Canada’s Primary Health Care System (April 15, 2005)
Innovation in Health Care Welcome, but Reality Check Needed Says CNA (September 2, 2004)
Romanow Commission Report Hits the Mark (November 28, 2002)
The Health Care System Nurses Want: CNA Tells Finance Committee to Invest in Nursing Workforce, Expand Community-Based Services, Strengthen Public Health System (November 5, 2002)
Why Is Canada So Slow at Implementing Primary Health Care? CNA Identifies Barriers (November 1, 2002)
“Focus on Enhanced Access and Quality of Care,” Nurses Tell Roy Romanow (April 4, 2002)
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Government Documents
Listed here is only a selection of documents. Please consult government websites for additional HHR documents.
Imbeau, L., Chenard, K., and Dudas, A. (2002). The Conditions for a Sustainable Public Health System in Canada [Discussion Paper No. 11, Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada]
International Organization Documents
Alwan, A., and Hornby, P. (2002). “The Implications of Health Care Reform for Human Resources Development” in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 80(1)
Cueto, M. (2005). “The Promise of Primary Health Care” in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83(5)
International Council of Nurses. (2008). Participation of Nurses in Health Services Decision Making and Policy Development [Position statement]
International Council of Nurses. (2007). Nurses and Primary Health Care [Position statement]
International Council of Nurses. (2001). Publicly Funded Accessible Health Services [Position statement]
International Council of Nurses. (2004). Collaborative Practice in the 21st Century
International Council of Nurses. (n.d.) “Telenursing” in Nursing Matters
International Council of Nurses. (n.d.) “What Is Nursing Informatics” in Nursing Matters
Mills, A. (2005). “Mass Campaigns Versus General Health Services: What Have We Learnt in 40 Years About Vertical Versus Horizontal Approaches?” in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83(4)
World Health Organization. (2002). Human Resources & National Health Systems: Shaping the Agenda for Action – Final Report
Other Documents
Canadian Nurses Association. (2009). Registered Nurses: On the Front Lines of Wait Times
Besrour, S. (2002). The Team in Primary Care: A New Vision, New Ways to Work [Colloquium proceedings]
Birch, S., Thomson, D., Li, X., and Wu, C. (2004). Nurse Human Resource Requirements in Canada: Implications of Changes in Service Delivery [Building the Future project]
The EICP Initiative. (2006). The Principles and Framework for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Primary Health Care
