Welcome to the Nursing Toolkit
What People Are Saying
“I just think nurses themselves, people in management, need to be kinder and more understanding. And that we're permitted to not be okay and to take time off to look after our mental health.”
— Interview Participant
“I think that they [employers] should have some form of even like, extra financial support for mental health - even or addictions counseling or addictions treatment centers.”
— Interview Participant
““I think the employers for nurses need to understand the stress of the jobs - of their nurses…allow us to take time when we need it. There needs to be.. something in place for when there is traumatic things that happen at work, which is often.
— Interview Participant
Hearing our Voices: De-centering whiteness in Health Care
This two-part article series shares a film acknowledging that racism exists in health care and explores ways to move toward an anti-racist state.
Mental Health First Aid
MHFA is intended for adults interacting with adults. This course focuses on the four most common mental health disorders including substance related, mood related, anxiety and trauma related, and psychotic disorders. Participants who take this course are well prepared to interact confidently about mental health with their family, friends, communities, and workplaces.
Wobble Room
A physical space for health workers to unwind and connect. It is open to all employees 24/7 to help release tension and recharge.
Mental Health Professional Practice Group
The MHPPG is dedicated to helping build upon our collective strengths in an effort to foster the mental health of our membership through creating partnerships, addressing nurses' wellness, engaging in advocacy, and working together to foster mentally healthy workplaces across the province of Saskatchewan.
Togetherall
An online community where people support each other anonymously to improve their mental health and wellbeing. The platform is accessible anywhere, anytime, 24/7. Canadians may have free access to it through post-secondary institutions, employers or health care organizations.
Mindwell for Healthcare Workers
This intervention aims to improve health workers’ mental health by teaching them tools to build resilience and well-being, remain calm amidst chaos, and feel confident and capable each day.
Stress Assess
Stress Assess is an online survey tool designed for workers and managers who are interested in assessing psychosocial hazards in the workplace.
CLMLS Mental Health Toolkit
This award winning mental health toolkit provides members and organizations with the means needed to identify, monitor, and implement change for the betterment of the medical laboratory profession.
Violence, Aggression & Responsive Behaviours Toolkit
These toolkits were designed for use in hospitals, long-term care, home and community care and emergency medical services to protect those workers most at risk of workplace violence, including nurses, nurses' aids and other allied healthcare staff.
Enough is Enough: Putting a Stop to Violence in the Healthcare Sector
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions has produced this discussion paper in order to catalyze a national discussion on violence in health care - one that brings together the disparate stories from coast to coast, highlighting its broad and pervasive impacts.
Recommendation for the Prevention of Violence in Healthcare Setting
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Health's report examines the scope and devastating impacts of workplace violence in health care settings. It provides nine recommendations to address this pressing issue.
Guarding Minds at Work
Guarding Minds is a free online set of resources designed to assess and address psychological health and safety in your workplace. It is intended to be administered by one of your own employees.
Presumptive Legislation For COVID-19
This position statement argues that workers diseases or disorder claims does not have to be proved especially in the case of COVID-19 since frontline workers are at a higher risk due to their work. Healthcare workers should be covered through preemptive legislation due to the ongoing crisis.