Government of Canada announces Chief Nursing Officer for Canada 

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作为加拿大最大的、拥有超过40万名成员的持牌卫生专业群体，护士对加拿大的医疗护理体系至关重要。加拿大联邦政府重视他们在整个COVID-19大流行期间已经做出的、且依然每天在继续做出的巨大贡献和牺牲。为此，2022年2月1日，加拿大政府启动了恢复联邦首席护理官（Chief Nursing Officer, CNO）职位的程序，以承认他们的专业知识、增加他们的意见投入、增强他们在影响我们医疗护理体系之决策中的参与。 

8月23日，卫生部长让-伊夫·杜克洛（Jean-Yves Duclos）阁下郑重宣布任命莉·查普曼（Leigh Chapman）为新任加拿大首席护理官（Chief Nursing Officer for Canada）。查普曼博士是一名注册护士（NR），在多伦多大学劳伦斯-S-布隆伯格护理学院获得博士学位。她之所以从候选人中脱颖而出，是因为她在不同的护理环境中拥有广泛的领导经验。她的职业生涯包括在所有护理领域的工作，包括护理实践、教育、研究、管理、政策和倡导。 

作为加拿大的首席护理官CNO，查普曼博士将从护理的角度向加拿大卫生部提供有关优先政策和项目领域的战略建议，包括医疗队伍的规划和稳定、长期护理、居家护理、姑息治疗、心理健康、酒精和药物使用、护理模式、护理操作范围和能力等。她将在关键的护理问题上发挥召集作用，汇聚各省/地区政府以及联邦卫生群体、大范围的护理业界人士、监管机构/管理局和教育工作者，并将代表加拿大政府参加加拿大境内外的公共论坛。 

引述 

加拿大卫生部长让-伊夫·杜克洛（Jean-Yves Duclos）阁下： 

“改善我们的医疗护理体系，就需要解决我们在全国所面临的医疗护理人力资源短缺问题。恢复联邦全国首席护理官的职位，是认可护士们的诸多贡献和专业知识，重视他们在加拿大医疗护理中继续发挥的核心作用。查普曼博士将在稳定护理人员队伍方面发挥关键作用，确保护士的观点被纳入国家层面，帮助塑造加拿大卫生部的整体卫生政策工作。” 

事实简要 

• 这项任期将为期两年，并有可能延长。 
• 加拿大的第一位首席护理官于1968年被任命。1999年，政府在加拿大卫生部战略政策处内设立护理政策办公室，扩大了CNO的职权范围。 
• 2012年，加拿大卫生部的CNO职位被取消，当时联邦政府正在重新调整各优先事项的资源。然而，在目前的环境下，加拿大首席护理官被视为一个重要的角色，并得到相应的资源。 
• 2022年2月1日，加拿大政府启动招聘程序，恢复加拿大首席护理官的职位。 

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背景资料——莉•查普曼 Leigh Chapman博士简历

As Canada’s largest group of regulated health professionals with more than 400,000

members, nurses are critical to Canada’s health care system. The Government of

Canada recognizes the immense contributions and sacrifices they made throughout the

COVID-19 pandemic and continue to make everyday. To that end, on February 1, 2022,

the Government of Canada launched a process to reinstate the position of a federal

Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to recognize their expertise and increase their input and

input in decisions affecting our health care system.

Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, is pleased to announce

Leigh Chapman as the new Chief Nursing Officer for Canada. Dr. Chapman is a

registered nurse (RN) who received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto’s

Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. She was selected as the successful

applicant due to her breadth of leadership experience in varied nursing environments.

Her career has included work in all domains of nursing including practice, education,

research, administration, policy, and advocacy.

As Canada’s CNO, Dr. Chapman will provide strategic advice from a nursing

perspective to Health Canada on priority policy and program areas, including health

workforce planning and stability, long-term care, home care, palliative care, mental

health, alcohol and drug use, models of care, scope of practice and competencies. She

will play a convening role with provincial/territorial governments along with federal

health populations, the broad range of nursing stakeholders, regulatory bodies/colleges

and educators on key nursing issues and will represent the Government of Canada at

public forums, both within and outside of Canada.

Quotes

“Improving our health care system includes addressing the shortages in health human

resources we are seeing across the country. Reinstating the federal CNO recognizes

the central role nurses continue to play in health care in Canada through their many

contributions and expertise. Dr. Chapman will play a crucial role in stabilizing the

nursing workforce, by ensuring the perspective of nurses is included at the national level,

helping to shape the overall health policy work of Health Canada.”The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos

Canada’s Minister of Health

Quick Facts

· This assignment will be for a period of two years, with the possibility of extension.

· Canada’s first Chief Nursing Officer was appointed in 1968. In 1999, the scope of

the CNO was broadened through the creation of the Office of Nursing Policy

within Health Canada’s Strategic Policy Branch.

· The CNO position at Health Canada was eliminated in 2012, at a time when the

Government was realigning resources across priorities. However, in this current

environment, the CNO is viewed as an important role and has been resourced

accordingly.

· On February 1, 2022, the Government of Canada launched the hiring process to

reinstate the Chief Nursing Officer of Canada.

From: Health Canada