Because your experiences
matter.

The worldwide phenomenon of turnover and shortages of nursing staff has a clear impact on professional nursing practices and on the quality of care and services offered to the public. In Quebec, many nurses leave the Health and Social Services Network (RSSS) every year. 

Faced with this trend and its consequences, the Exprimer research project aims to gain a better understanding of the main determinants of nurse retention and departures in Quebec’s public network. It is being carried out by a team of researchers working closely with a multi-sector advisory committee, made up of members with expertise in the nursing field. 

The project will follow a cohort of nurses over a 3-year period (two online questionnaires per year). All unionized (or “unionizable, non-unionized”) nurses in the RSSS are invited to participate, i.e. practical nurses, nurses, clinical nurses and specialized nurse practitioners.

The project will provide a picture of nurses’ employment experiences from their own perspective. All data collected will be held in strict confidence. It may lead to recommendations to support informed action within the RSSS. Beyond the numbers, the project is intended as a vast opportunity to mobilize nurses in an exercise of collective reflection on the experience of employment within the public network, at local, regional and national levels.