Nurse Practitioner Led Implementation of Health Workforce Recommendations In Long-Term Care Homes During a Pandemic

Project status

Ongoing

Contact

Katherine McGilton

Institution web page

https://www.uhnresearch.ca/researcher/katherine-mcgilton

Host institution

KITE - Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health Network

Team members

Katherine McGilton, Jennifer Bethell, Souraya Sidani, Veronique Boscart, Astrid Escrig Pinol, Andrea Iaboni, Shirin Vellani, Colleen Maxwell, Michelle Acorn, Claudia Mariano, Margaret Keatings, Corinne Pollard, Carrie Heer

Funding information (if funded)

This project was funded by the following: CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation

Project Summary

This study is a two–phase adaptation and implementation project of evidence-based health workforce interventions developed by our team to support health and wellbeing of staff and residents in two Long-Term Care Homes (LTCHs) in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic. The implementation of workforce interventions will be led by Nurse Practitioners (NPs). NPs are ideally placed to successfully implement and sustain the recommendations due to their dual clinical and leadership roles, as revealed by the findings of our previous qualitative study involving 14 NPs throughout Ontario. In phase 1 the interventions will be selected and adapted to the context; staff needs and staff characteristics within the 2 LTCHs. Phase 2 involves an effectiveness-implementation hybrid design which will assess adaptation and preliminary efficacy of the implementation of recommendations selected in Phase 1. The expected outcome is a reduction in staff moral distress following the implementation of the intervention.

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