Chair in Human Resource Optimization
Purpose of Research Chair:
…to lead a broad research agenda examining issues related to planning and management of health human resources central to developing an appropriately educated healthcare workforce whose capacity is developed and whose members are retained to provide high quality, safe health care in a variety of settings…
Vision for Research Chair:
- Healthy Workplaces: Develop theory-driven, evidence-based strategies to create healthy workplace environments that promote nurses’ and patient health
- Supportive Work Environment: To develop and build a theoretical understanding of the factors that promote effective professional practice by nurses in current health care settings
- Nurse and Patient Health: To identify structures and processes required to retain healthy and satisfied nurses in order to deliver high quality patient care
Heather’s Research Programs:
- Workplace Empowerment Program
- Workplace Violence Program
- New Graduate Nurses
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Nurse Recruitment and Retention
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