Healthy Work Environment Subcommittee Update The Nursing Healthy Work Environment (HWE) subcommittee guides the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies to support a healthy work environment for nurses working at St Michael's. It creates a two year plan that is responsive to the results of employee surveys and specific foci arising out of the Interprofessional Strategic Plan.
MEMBERSHIP: Ashley Skiffington, Professional Practice Leader, Evidence Based Practice (co-chair) Murray Krock, Director, Nursing Practice and Education (co-chair) Natalie Ford, Health, Wellness & Safety Specialist, Corporate Health and Safety Services Mary Copeland, Clinical Leader Manager, Trauma Neurosurgery Inpatient Unit Katherine Luke, Manager, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory Medicine Orla Smith, Director, Nursing/Clinical research Mary Murphy, Clinical Leader Manager, Labour and Delivery & Level 2 Nursery Yvonne Davis-Read, Blood Transfusion Nurse, Diagnostic Lab - Blood Transfusion Services Colleen McNamee, Corporate Nursing Education Leader Dominic Gascon, Staff Nurse, Inpatient Mental Health Charles Collantes, Staff Nurse, Inpatient Mental Health Esther Cho, Staff Nurse, Inpatient Mental Health Nicole Kirwan, Clinical Leader Manager, Community Mental Health Sheila Cannon, Staff Nurse, GI/ General Surgery/Plastics Michelle Endaya, Staff Nurse, Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit Vivian Iwenofu, Staff Nurse, General Internal Medicine The Nursing Healthy Work Environment (HWE) subcommittee established a working group to conduct a nursing health and wellness study as part of the implementation of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) Best Practice Guideline entitled ‘Preventing and Mitigating Nurse Fatigue in Health Care’. The survey received 400 responses and 12 Clinical Leader/Managers participated in focus groups. The findings from this study will help to inform future health and wellness offerings at SMH.
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