Publications by authors named "Amanda Tardif"

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, delivery of care was exceedingly difficult for hospital healthcare teams. This analysis presents a high-level look at the available pan-Canadian data on hospital staffing - including sick time, overtime and agency use - and potential impacts on patient harm in acute care hospitals. In 2021-2022, nurses and other healthcare providers working in hospital in-patient units across Canada logged significantly more overtime and sick-time hours compared with the previous year, equating to a shortfall of almost 14,000 full-time positions.

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Healthcare workers are the foundation that keep our healthcare systems running. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented demands on Canada's health workforce. The Canadian Institute for Health Information has compiled data and information to help inform how the pandemic has impacted healthcare workers and the care Canadians received.

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The partners of each pair must be able to pass the McGill Friendship Questionnaire without communicating. Each partner is then seated in front of a screen in one of two adjacent rooms. These rooms are separated by a glass window through which participants communicate to maintain feelings of togetherness while being fitted with the EEG cap.

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