Gehrs Margaret, Ling Sara, Watson Alison, Cleverley Kristin
Director of Interprofessional Practice, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Adjunct Lecturer, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Advanced Practice Nurse, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Adjunct Lecturer, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont). 2016;29(3):23-36. doi: 10.12927/cjnl.2016.24890.
The impact of substance use disorders on the Canadian healthcare system is large, contributing to high use of hospital resources. At the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada's largest mental health and addictions academic teaching hospital, substance use disorders constitute the primary diagnosis of 31% of annual inpatient admissions. Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) with expertise in addictions are ideally prepared to promote competency development among baccalaureate-prepared nurses who are caring for this population. Despite recent advocacy to advance the addictions nursing workforce in Canada, recruitment of graduate-level CNSs in this field remains a challenge owing to a shortage of candidates with addictions expertise. Healthcare organizations specializing in substance use treatment must use innovative professional development strategies to foster nursing leadership that addresses the complex needs of this clinical population. In this paper, we describe the implementation of an innovative competency-based professional development framework designed to build capacity of CNSs at CAMH.
物质使用障碍对加拿大医疗系统的影响巨大，导致医院资源的高使用率。在加拿大最大的精神健康与成瘾学术教学医院——成瘾与精神健康中心（CAMH），物质使用障碍是每年31%住院患者的主要诊断。拥有成瘾专业知识的临床护理专家（CNS）非常适合促进照顾这类人群的本科护士的能力发展。尽管最近有人倡导在加拿大推进成瘾护理队伍建设，但由于缺乏具有成瘾专业知识的候选人，该领域研究生水平CNS的招聘仍然是一项挑战。专门从事物质使用治疗的医疗组织必须采用创新的专业发展策略，以培养能够满足这一临床人群复杂需求的护理领导力。在本文中，我们描述了一个创新的基于能力的专业发展框架的实施情况，该框架旨在增强CAMH的CNS的能力。
