Ensuring The Care Will Be There: Report on Nursing Recruitment and Retention in Ontario - 2000

RNAO submitted this report to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in collaboration with the Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario in response to an imminent and severe nursing shortage across Canada. Ensuring The Care Will Be There reflects the strong consensus within the nursing profession of the urgent action required to address the causes of inadequate nursing resources. It presents an analysis of the situation and offers specific recommendations and strategies for the retention and recruitment of Ontario nurses – both RNs and RPNs.