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Research
A total of 1013 survey responses have been analyzed.
A total of 54 worker interviews have been conducted.
A total of 17 stakeholder interviews have been conducted.
Infographics
To cite this infographic: Lavoie-Tremblay M., Price S., McMillan K., Lackie K., Ayoub A., Ingraham K., Rolle S., Shankland M., Mawko J., Khalikova R., Onyechie K., Boateng H., and Bourgeault I (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on Nursing Workforce Mental Health and Burnout in Canada. Update summary. August 2021 [Infographic]. Healthy Professional Worker Partnership – Nursing. https://www.healthyprofwork.com/nursing/#worker-surveys.
Webinars
Nurses' Experiences with Mental Health Leaves of Absence Pre and Post COVID-19
Presented by Sheri Price and Kim McMillan to CanCOVID on September 28, 2021.
This webinar presents preliminary qualitative findings from the stakeholder and worker interviews.
Recommended citation: Price, S., & McMillan, K. (2021). Nurses' Experiences with Mental Health Leaves of Absence Pre and Post COVID-19: Preliminary Qualitative Findings. Presented at CanCOVID Speaker Series, September 28, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H0oya7TpHo.
CNA Webinar: Workplace Mental Health, Leave of Absence and Return to Work Experiences in Nursing
Presented by Ivy Bourgeault to the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) on March 30, 2021.
This webinar presents emerging findings from the scoping review, as well as worker and stakeholder interviews.
This webinar is also available in French.
Recommended citation: Bourgeault, I.L., Lavoie-Tremblay M., Rolle S., Price S., McMillan K., Lackie K., Ayoub A., Ingraham K., Shankland M. (2021). Workplace Mental Health, Leave of Absence and Return to Work Experiences in Nursing. Webinar presented to the Canadian Nurses Association, March 30, 2021. https://youtu.be/yMKrO8CxeEo.
CHWC: Nurses' Mental Health & Experiences of Leaves of Absences & Healthy Return to Work
Presented by Abby Ayoub at the Canadian Health Workforce Virtual Conference (CHWC) on December 9, 2020.
Recommended citation: Ayoub, A., Price, S.L., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Lackie, K., Sands, S.R., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2020). Healthy Professional Worker Partnership: Nurses’ Mental Health and Experiences of Leaves of Absence and Healthy Return to Work. Video presented at the Canadian Health Workforce Virtual Conference, December 9, 2020. https://youtu.be/osi_xjNY4vk.
RNAO Webinar: Nurses' Mental Health & Experiences of Leaves of Absences & Healthy Return to Work
(7:47-49:28)
Presented by Ivy Bourgeault, Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay and Abby Ayoub to the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) on August 10, 2020.
This webinar presents pilot study findings and preliminary findings from the scoping review and stakeholder interviews.
Recommended citation: Bourgeault, I.L., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Ayoub, A., Price, S.L., Lackie, K., & Sands, S.R. (2020). COVID-19 Webinar: Nurses’ Mental Health and Experiences of Leaves of Absence and Healthy Return to Work (7:47-49:28). Webinar presented to the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, August 10, 2020. https://youtu.be/iUtw1JOK3AA?t=467.
Presented by Shamel Rolle Sands at the Canadian Health Workforce Virtual Conference (CHWC) on December 9, 2020.
Recommended citation: Rolle Sands, S., Covell, C.L., Ingraham, K., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Price, S., Reichert, C., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2020). Mapping the peer-reviewed literature on accommodating nurses’ return to work after leaves of absence for mental health issues: A scoping review. Video presented at the Canadian Health Workforce Virtual Conference, December 9-10, 2020. https://youtu.be/zdwuJWw6CGk.
Publications
Mapping the peer-reviewed literature on accommodating nurses’ return to work after leaves of absence for mental health issues: a scoping review
By Christine L. Covell, Shamel Rolle Sands, Kenchera Ingraham, Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay, Sheri L. Price, Carol Reichert & Ivy L. Bourgeault
Cite this article: Covell, C.L., Sands. S.R., Ingraham, K., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Price, S.L., Reichert, C., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2020). Mapping the peer-reviewed literature on accommodating nurses’ return to work after leaves of absence for mental health issues: a scoping review. Human Resources for Health, 18(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-00478-8.
“I feel broken”: Chronicling burnout, mental health, and the limits of individual resilience in nursing
By Chaman Akoo, Kimberly McMillan, Sheri Price, Kenchera Ingraham, Abby Ayoub, Shamel Rolle Sands, Mylène Shankland, Ivy Bourgeault
Cite this article: Akoo, C., McMillan, K., Price, S., Ingraham, K., Ayoub, A., Rolle Sands, S., Shankland, M., & Bourgeault, I. (2024). “I feel broken”: Chronicling burnout, mental health, and the limits of individual resilience in nursing. Nursing Inquiry, 31, e12609. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12609
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Additional Presentations & Publications
2022
Price, S., McMillan, K., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Lackie, K., Akoo, Chaman., Ingraham, K., Roll-Sands, S., Ayoub, A., Shankland, M., & Bourgeault, I. (2022) "Breaking Point: Nurses’ Mental Health Experiences before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic". Presented at the 38th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference and Couch-Stone Symposium in Newfoundland. June 22, 2022
Price, S., McMillan, K., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Lackie, K., Akoo, Chaman., Ingraham, K., Roll-Sands, S., Ayoub, A., Shankland, M., & Bourgeault, I. (2022) "Santé mentale et prise de congés autorisés chez les infirmières au Canada : effets des situations cliniques émotionnellement exigeantes et éthiquement complexes" Presented at the 89th Congrès de l’Acfas at Université Laval. May 9-13, 2022
Shankland, M., Boetang, H., Onyechie, K., Khalikova, R., Price, S., McMillan, K., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Lackie, K., Ingraham, K., Rolle-Sands, S., Ayoub, A., & Bourgeault, I. (2022) "Creating Psychologically Healthy Work Environments for Nurses: Emerging Findings from the Healthy Professional Worker Partnership" Presented in Washington DC from March 24-26, 2022
Price, S., McMillan, K., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Lackie, K., Akoo, Chaman., Ingraham, K., Roll-Sands, S., Ayoub, A., Shankland, M., & Bourgeault, I. (2022) “Beyond the Breaking Point: Nurses' Experiences with Mental Health Leaves of Absence Pre and Post COVID-19" Presented at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) Conference
Price, S., McMillan, K., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Lackie, K., Akoo, Chaman., Ingraham, K., Roll-Sands, S., Ayoub, A., Shankland, M., & Bourgeault, I. (2022) "Beyond the breaking point: Nurses’ mental health experiences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic." Presented at the IUHPE World Conference 2022.
2021
Lavoie-Tremblay, M. (2021) “Les stratégies d'attraction et de rétention des infirmières en centre hospitalier” November 16, 2021
Price, S. (2021) Workplace Wellness and Mental Health: The Pandemic Effect. Driving the Future of Digital Health conference, November 2, 2021
Price, S., & McMillan, K. (2021). Nurses' Experiences with Mental Health Leaves of Absence Pre and Post COVID-19: Preliminary Qualitative Findings. Presented at CanCOVID Speaker Series, September 28, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H0oya7TpHo.
"Impact of COVID-19 on Nursing Workforce in Canada" Infographic August 2021
Bourgeault, I., & Lavoie-Tremblay, M. (2021)“Nurses' Mental Health and Experiences of Leaves of Absence and Healthy Return to Work” Presented at the Canadian Nurses Association March 25, 2021
Bourgeault, I.L., Lavoie-Tremblay M., Rolle S., Price S., McMillan K., Lackie K., Ayoub A., Ingraham K., Shankland M. (2021). Workplace Mental Health, Leave of Absence and Return to Work Experiences in Nursing. Webinar presented to the Canadian Nurses Association, March 30, 2021. https://youtu.be/yMKrO8CxeEo.
Lavoie-Tremblay M., Price S., McMillan K., Lackie K., Ayoub A., Ingraham K., Rolle S., Shankland M., Mawko J., Khalikova R., Onyechie K., Boateng H., & Bourgeault I. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on Nursing Workforce Mental Health and Burnout in Canada. Update summary. August 2021 [Infographic]. Healthy Professional Worker Partnership – Nursing. https://www.healthyprofwork.com/nursing/#worker-surveys.
2020
Rolle Sands, S., Covell, C.L., Ingraham, K., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Price, S., Reichert, C., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2020). Mapping the peer-reviewed literature on accommodating nurses’ return to work after leaves of absence for mental health issues: A scoping review. Video presented at the Canadian Health Workforce Virtual Conference, December 9-10, 2020. https://youtu.be/zdwuJWw6CGk.
Ayoub, A., Price, S.L., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Lackie, K., Sands, S.R., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2020). Healthy Professional Worker Partnership: Nurses’ Mental Health and Experiences of Leaves of Absence and Healthy Return to Work. Video presented at the Canadian Health Workforce Virtual Conference, December 9, 2020. https://youtu.be/osi_xjNY4vk.
Bourgeault, I.L., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Ayoub, A., Price, S.L., Lackie, K., & Sands, S.R. (2020). COVID-19 Webinar: Nurses’ Mental Health and Experiences of Leaves of Absence and Healthy Return to Work (7:47-49:28). Webinar presented to the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, August 10, 2020. https://youtu.be/iUtw1JOK3AA?t=467.
Covell, C.L., Sands. S.R., Ingraham, K., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Price, S.L., Reichert, C., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2020). Mapping the peer-reviewed literature on accommodating nurses’ return to work after leaves of absence for mental health issues: a scoping review. Human Resources for Health, 18(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-00478-8.
2018
Atanackovic, J., Demers, C., Covell, C., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Price, S., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2018). Mental Health, Leaves of Absence and Return to Work Experiences of Nurses: A Mixed Methods Study. Presented at the Canadian Association of Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Montreal, QC, May 28-31, 2018.
Resources
Toolkit
Blog
Ayoub, A., Price, S., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Lackie, K., & Bourgeault, I. (July 10, 2020) “Nurses’ mental health, leave of absence and return to work experiences: Introducing a new partnership initiative”
In the News
McMillan, K (November 10, 2021). The Many Faces of Burnout Rawtalk Podcast #Ep101
McMillan, K. (July 26, 2021). Why Canadian nurses are leaving the profession (12:34-19:34). CBC Radio: The Current with Robyn Bresnahan. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63/clip/15857090.
Ayoub, A., Price, S.L., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Lackie, K., & Bourgeault, I.L. (July 10, 2020). Nurses’ mental health, leave of absence and return to work experiences: Introducing a new partnership initiative. RNAO Blog. https://doris-blog.rnao.ca/post/nurses-mental-health-leave-absence-and-return-work-experiences-introducing-new-partnership.
Meet the Team
Investigators
Sheri Price (Team Lead) (she/her)
Sheri Price is an Associate Professor with the School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, and an Affiliate Scientist at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her research is focused in the areas of health services, professional socialization, interprofessional collaboration and healthcare work environments.
Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay (Co-Lead)
Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay RN PhD is the Vice-Dean of Research at the Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal. Dr. Lavoie-Tremblay is conducting research on participatory intervention to improve organization of care and work for the personnel, patients and the organization. Her areas of interest are retention of nurses, orientation program for new nurses, organization of care and work and nursing workforce.
Dr. Kelly Lackie PhD RN CCSNE (she/her) is the Associate Director of Simulation-based Education & Interprofessional Education and an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr. Lackie’s program of research resides in the discipline of interprofessional education for collaborative person-centered practice (IPECP) and health systems planning.
Kim McMillan (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, University of Ottawa and an academic mentor in the Palliative Care and Nursing Ethics Hub (PCNE), a subsidiary of the Centre for Research on Health and Nursing (CRHN) – a partnership between the Canadian Nurses Association and the University of Ottawa. Her program of research focuses on the intersect of organizational life and moral nursing practice.
Trainees
Abby Ayoub (she/her) became a nurse in 2015 after completing her college diploma. After her baccalaureate, she began her Master's degree in Nursing at the University of Ottawa. Her thesis looks at the barriers and facilitators to the nurse practitioner as most responsible model of care within a hospital setting.
Shamel Rolle Sands (she/her) is a Bahamian registered nurse, nurse educator and certified manager. She is a second year doctoral student in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta. Shamel's doctoral work will use the Proximal Withdrawal States Theory (PWST) which to her knowledge remains untested in the nursing population, to predict turnover among Nurses working in The Bahamas.
Kenchera Ingraham (she/her) is an experienced Registered Nurse, Researcher, and Educator. Driven by the possibilities of change, her goals include advancing nursing education practices and research with a focus on Indigenous perspectives on health and education. In addition to her primary job functions, Kenchera has been recognized by over 30 scholarship and awards for her exemplary contributions to research and education.
Mylène Shankland (she/her) is a doctoral student at the Institute of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her thesis examines obstetrical violence (OV) from a clinical ethics perspective. She is interested in the articulation of the values of the stakeholders involved when an OV emerges in the Canadian health care system. She aims to develop an organizational ethics framework that respects the needs and realities of all stakeholders.
Chaman Akoo (she/her) is a nurse clinician specialized in oncology and a Masters student at the University of Ottawa. Inspired by radically collaborative practice, her research interests include the intersection of architecture and health, organizational climates, and qualitative research methodologies. Her present research aims to explore how to create better work environments for nurses through the design of the built environment.
