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
National Plan for Health Workforce Wellbeing
The National Plan calls on multiple actors - including health care and public health leaders, government, payers, industry, educators, and leaders in other sectors - to help drive policy and systems change.
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.
Workplace Health Model
This website walks through the systematic process of buiding a workplace health promotion program emphasizing four main steps.
De-Implementation Checklist
The De-Implementation Checklist was created to reduce unintended burdens for health system leaders. This process includes eliminating requirements that add little to no value to patients.
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.