the study was funded through a $10,000 grant from university of windsor and the we-spark health institute, a partnership involving the university, hotel-dieu grace healthcare, st. clair college and windsor regional hospital.
“along with other healthcare organizations we agreed to promote to our nurses to voluntarily participate in the study,” said david musyj, ceo of windsor regional hospital. “we are glad a segment of nurses who work in both ontario and the united states participated. we look forward to being shared detailed results and seeing if we can use for future planning.”
windsor regional officials wouldn’t comment further because they haven’t reviewed the study.
citing ethics protocols, menard would not comment on situations at specific hospitals.
while the study was focused on windsor, the problems are the same system-wide, said vicki mckenna, president of the ontario nurses’ association.
nurses everywhere are stressed out, burned out and looking to get out.
“i fear that is going to be devastating to the workforce,” said mckenna. “i’m very worried about the future of the nursing workforce in ontario. but it’s not just in ontario. i’m hearing this from my colleagues across the country and in the states as well.”