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The WeRPN library is a central repository for RPN inclusive publications, presentations and other resources.

There are basic and advance search functions to help provide access to research information and evidence with key findings and innovative approaches for RPNs. You can enter key words into the search bar in the top right corner or use the ‘Filter by’ items to narrow your search to a specific area of interest. Select an item by clicking on the title to view more information about the publication source, authorship, and abstract details.

The library will be updated regularly to include the latest literature on all matters related to RPNs. You are welcome to share suggestions of additional sources to include in the library with WeResearch, please contact research@werpn.com

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Resilience for working in Ontario home and community care: registered practical nurses need the support of themselves, family and clients, and employers.

Year: 2024

Authors: Connelly DM, Garnett A, Prentice K, Hay ME, Guitar NA, Snobelen N, Smith-Carrier T, McKay SM, King EC, Calver J, Sinha S.

Subject: Health & Safety for RPNs

Keywords: Care partner; Client; Community; Grounded theory; Home care; Registered Practical Nurses; Resilience.

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

RPNs are key to strengthening the impact and relevance of evidence-informed nursing and healthcare practices

Year: 2024

Authors: Jen Calver

Subject: Clinical Practice

Keywords: Research, Nursing, Practice

Category: Presentations

Resource Type: Webinar

A Leave of Absence Might Not Be a Bad Thing: Registered Practical Nurses Working in Home Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Year: 2024

Authors: Connelly DM, Guitar NA, Garnett A, Smith-Carrier T, Prentice K, Calver J, King E, McKay S, Pearson D, Sinha S, Snobelen N.

Subject: Health & Safety for RPNs

Keywords: COVID-19; emotional intelligence; home care services; nurses; resilience; survey.

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

Resilience in home and community care registered practical nurses: a scoping review

Year: 2024

Authors: Connelly DM, Smith-Carrier T, Butler E, Prentice K, Garnett A, Snobelen N, Calver J.

Subject: Health & Safety for RPNs

Keywords: Community care; home care; nursing; organizational strategies; resilience

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

Workplace Violence and Harassment – A novel strategy to encouraging open discussion about every incident

Year: 2024

Authors: Emily King

Subject: Health & Safety for RPNs

Keywords: Research, Reporting, Intervention

Category: Presentations

Resource Type: Webinar

Nursing Job Stability in Ontario: Comparing Long-Term-Care Homes with Other Health Care Sectors

Year: 2023

Authors: Alyssa Drost and Arthur Sweetman

Subject: Workforce Planning & Development

Keywords: nursing workforce, turnover, job stability, COVID-19, long-term care

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer reviewed

The role of nurses in inpatient geriatric rehabilitation units: A scoping review.

Year: 2023

Authors: Guitar NA, Connelly DM, Prentice K, Nguyen A, McIntyre A, Tanlaka EF, Snobelen N.

Subject: Policy & Health Services

Keywords: geriatrics; inpatients; nurse's role; rehabilitation nursing; review

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

Three Key Findings from the PoET Southwest Spread Project

Year: 2023

Authors: Jill Oliver; Henry Siu; Paula Chidwick

Subject: Clinical Practice

Keywords: Quality Improvement, unnecessary transfers, palliative

Category: Presentations

Resource Type: Poster

Ethical Issues in Long-term Care in Low-, Middle- and High-Income Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Year: 2023

Authors: Gandhi P, Petropanagos A, Popescu A, Bugaresti D, Nitti T, Chauhan N, Chidwick P, Oliver J.

Subject: Policy & Health Services

Keywords: COVID-19; ethical issues; long-term care; residents; visitation.

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

The changing profile of the internationally educated nurse workforce: Post-pandemic implications for health human resource planning

Year: 2023

Authors: Crea-Arsenio M, Baumann A, Blythe J.

Subject: Workforce Planning & Development

Keywords: Covid-19, shortage, underutilized, experience, integration, support, policy

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

The Role and Contributions of Nurses in Stroke Rehabilitation Units: An Integrative Review

Year: 2023

Authors: Tanlaka EF, McIntyre A, Connelly D, Guitar N, Nguyen A, Snobelen N.

Subject: Policy & Health Services

Keywords: Competency; Identity; Nursing; Role; Stroke rehabilitation.

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

A Thriving Clinical Practice – Part I

Year: 2023

Authors: Ben Hartung, Jen Calver, Christina Khan

Subject: Workforce Planning & Development

Keywords: Research, Evidence, Methods, Review

Category: Presentations

Resource Type: Webinar

Registered Practical Nurses’ Experiences of the Moral Habitability of Long-Term Care Environments during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Year: 2023

Authors: Peter E, Mohammed S, Boakye P, Rose D, Killackey T.

Subject: Workforce Planning & Development

Keywords: COVID-19; aging; ethics; infirmiers; infirmières; long-term care; nurses; nursing home; personnel infirmier; soins de longue durée; vieillissement; établissements de soins de longue durée; éthique.

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

A Thriving Clinical Practice – Part II

Year: 2023

Authors: Jen Calver, JP Munro

Subject: Education

Keywords: Research, Evidence, Methods, Review

Category: Presentations

Resource Type: Webinar

Perceptive responses and familiar staff facilitate meaningful engagement of older adults and family/care partners in long-term care home implementation science research during COVID-19

Year: 2023

Authors: Marie-Lee Yous, Denise M. Connelly, Ruthie Zhuang, Melissa E. Hay, Anna Garnett, Lillian Hung, Nancy Snobelen, Harrison Gao, Ken Criferg, Cherie Furlan-Craievich, Shannon Snelgrove, Melissa Babcock, and Jacqueline Ripley

Subject: Clinical Practice

Keywords: Patient- and family-centred care, patient engagement, research partner, long-term care, older adult, family, care partner, qualitative

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

Report on fraying resilience among the Ontario Registered Practical Nurse Workforce in long-term care homes during COVID-19.

Year: 2023

Authors: Connelly DM, Snobelen N, Garnett A, Guitar N, Flores-Sandoval C, Sinha S, Calver J, Pearson D, Smith-Carrier T.

Subject: Health & Safety for RPNs

Keywords: COVID-19; engagement and resilience; geriatrics; long-term care; practical nursing.

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

Experiences of RPN Champions in Virtual Team Care Planning in LTC Using PIECES – Research Project

Year: 2023

Authors: Jacqueline Ripley, Deb Lernout-Banks, Melissa Babcock

Subject: Clinical Practice

Keywords: Research, Fellowship, Evidence, Methods, LTC

Category: Presentations

Resource Type: Webinar

Workplace Violence Prevention

Year: 2023

Authors: WeRPN

Subject: Education

Keywords: Prevention, Plan, Dementia, Mental Health, Toolkit, Workplace, Violence

Category: Resources

Resource Type: Toolkit

Evaluating the Association between the Implementation of the PoET Southwest Spread Project and Reductions in Acute Care Transfers from Long-Term Care: A Quasi-Experimental Matched Cohort Study Using Population-Level Health Administrative Data

Year: 2023

Authors: Hafid S, Kirkwood D, Elston D, Perez R, Jones A, Costa A, Oliver J, Chidwick P, Nitti T, Siu HY.

Subject: Clinical Practice

Keywords: Nursing homes; informed consent; long-term care; transfers.

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer Reviewed

Black nurses in the nursing profession in Canada: a scoping review

Year: 2022

Authors: Jefferies K, States C, MacLennan V, Helwig M, Gahagan J, Bernard WT, Macdonald M, Murphy GT, Martin-Misener R.

Subject: Workforce Planning & Development

Keywords: African Descent; Black; Canada; Nursing; Racism.

Category: Publications

Resource Type: Peer reviewed

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