Hello Megan,
Very good question! There is some interest work coming out of the province of British Columbia on this topic.
As the research question is written, the population is licensed nurses. The intervention is legislative nurse to resident ratios. The comparison is number of legislative direct care hours. The outcome is safety and quality of life for residents living in LTC. You will be using this question to help guide subsequent learning activities during this course. It may be helpful to narrow the question down to help keep your literature search focused. – It is easy to get trapped in a ‘rabbit hole’ during a literature search. Especially for topics that we feel passionate about. I’ve offered some suggestions below for your consideration.
What is the impact of nurse to resident ratios on the safety and quality of life for residents living in long-term care homes?
P – Licensed nurses in Ontario (RN, RPN)
I – Nurse to resident ratios
C- Legislated direct care hours in LTC
O- Resident safety and quality of life
Sidenote: Did you read the latest WeRPN State of Nursing Report? Legislated safe staff and workload standards are an area of advocacy by the association. If you are interested to read the report, let me know and I can share the link. I am very interested to learn more about your research inquiry and outcome as we move forward in this course.
Jen