Developing and Assessing Feasibility, Acceptability, and Perceived Impact of the Enabling Sustainable and SafE health care through fundamental Nursing CarE in Canada: The ESSENCE CANADA STUDY

As part of recovery efforts from the pandemic and ongoing human health resource (HHR) challenges, a focus on retaining nurses and enhancing their ability to provide quality patient care is paramount as they represent the largest workforce providing patient care globally. There is an urgent need for leaders to influence a humane, compassionate evidence-informed approach to managing and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on restoring fundamental care as part of their organizational mandate and daily care practices.We need to address the current quality gaps in fundamental care, strengthening the nursing profession by developing, assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and perceived impact of strategies aimed at recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, and reducing missed care. Following this initial intervention development phase, we plan to undertake a multi-site, sectoral intervention trial across Canada as part of a larger global networked research program.