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Research

Relying on the experience of frontline nurses, the CFNU works with experts, academics and other health care stakeholders to produce evidence-based research and resources on current health care issues. CFNU’s research has focused on the need for a national pharmacare plan, the importance of safe staffing, health care financing, safe seniors’ care, intergenerational issues in the workplace and occupational health and safety issues.

The CFNU transforms research into policy and practice by advocating for evidence-based changes at the federal level and provincial level at the Council of the Federation.

CFNU’s research products include groundbreaking research reports, backgrounders, fact sheets and position statements.

Safe Hours Save Lives!
Study on safe working hours for nurses

Save Hours Save Lives! Study on safe working hours for nurses Safe Hours Saves Lives delivers a critical examination of escalating burnout among Canadian nurses due to excessive work hours. This report underscores the dramatic increase in overtime and its impact on nurse well-being and patient safety. It draws upon data and expert insights to […]

2023 CFNU Member Survey Summary Report

2023 CFNU Member Survey Report Learn what nurses are saying about their work life in our health care system, based on a survey of nearly 5,000 nurses from across the country. Download the report

Sustaining Nursing in Canada: a set of coordinated evidence-based solutions targeted to support the nursing workforce now and into the future

Sustaining Nursing in Canada proposes a set of concrete actionable solutions to help meaningfully solve the health care staffing crisis. The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions worked with the Canadian Health Workforce Network to present in this report the magnitude of the nursing crisis and the known solutions to address it. Authored by University of […]

November 9, 2011
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Progress on the 2004 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care

The 2004 Ten-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care is a model to be followed for the future of public health care in Canada, specifically the provision of long-term, stable, escalating funding for an agreed upon set of objectives to be implemented under an agreed upon set of principles enshrined in federal legislation. As of 2011, the […]

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July 12, 2011
Archived pharmacare

A Comprehensive National Drug Plan

Canada is the third most expensive country in the world for brand-name drugs. Studies have shown that a National universal public Pharmacare plan would save billions of dollars for Canadians, improve health outcomes and reduce suffering. The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions urges all candidates to support a comprehensive public national drug plan. The Canadian […]

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June 22, 2011
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The 30th Anniversary 2-Year in Review

Archived Read the 30th Anniversary 2-Year in Review

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September 13, 2010
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Experts & Evidence: Opportunities in Nursing (ARCHIVED)

Archived A new report published by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Experts and Evidence: Opportunities in Nursing. on September 7, 2010, Fifty-six health care experts from across Canada met to address the continuous pressures placed on the health care system. The document, Taking charge: building on the momentum to improve health care came out of this meeting. Informed […]

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September 13, 2010
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Taking charge: building on the momentum to improve health care (ARCHIVED)

Archived Fifty-six health care experts from across Canada met on September 7, 2010, to address the continuous pressures placed on the health care system. by evidence, the directions outlined in this document are provided for Canada’s Health Ministers to consider as they work to create a health care system that is effective, equitable and accessible […]

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August 4, 2010
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The Sustainability of Medicare (ARCHIVED)

Archived The greatest threat to the sustainability of Canadian Medicare is, in fact, the myth that it is not sustainable.

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February 22, 2010
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Reality Check: Women in Canada and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Fifteen Years On (ARCHIVED)

Archived Labour and women’s groups have issued a report which they say is a “reality check” describing Canada’s lagging performance in achieving women’s equality. The report will be used at the Beijing +15 meeting at the United Nations in New York, March 1-12, 2010.

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February 12, 2010
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Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions Policy Directive: H1N1 Outbreak and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (ARCHIVED)

Archived On behalf of our 158,000 members and associate members, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) has been working in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Health Canada over the past two years on policy development around personal protective equipment for health care workers. Some progress has been made, and […]

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December 1, 2009
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Summary of Evidence in Support of N-95 Respirators during An Influenza Pandemic (ARCHIVED)

Archived “The point is not who is right and is wrong about airborne transmission. The point is not science, but safety. Scientific knowledge changes constantly… We should be driven by the precautionary principle that reasonable steps to reduce risk should not await scientific certainty… Until this precautionary principle is fully recognized, mandated and enforced… workers […]

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