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Nancy Purdy
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Research
Latest papers
Qualitative evaluation by community health professionals of a technology design for recording and mobilizing patient reported care narratives.
Digital health · 2025
Multidisciplinary First-Line Healthcare Leaders' Roles and Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario Canada.
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2024
Computer simulation as a macroergonomic approach to assessing nurse workload and biomechanics related to COVID-19 patient care.
Applied ergonomics · 2024
Latest funding
- $397,800
Using Computer Simulation to Quantify Nurse & Healthcare Aides' Workload, Fatigue Levels, and Patient Care Quality, in Complex Continuing Care Settings
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $172,710
Modelling and Minimising the Impacts of Infection Control Routines on Nurse Workload in Acute Care Under Varying COVID-19 Outbreak Scenarios
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $23,791
Developing a Canadian Model of Innovation in Nursing Systems: Better Work - Better Care
CIHR · 2013 · Principal investigator
8 publications.
Qualitative evaluation by community health professionals of a technology design for recording and mobilizing patient reported care narratives.
Lakha SF, Sarmiento S, Pennefather P, Purdy N, Holyoke P, Fels D
Multidisciplinary First-Line Healthcare Leaders' Roles and Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario Canada.
Bookey-Bassett S, Rose D, Purdy N, Cook K, Harvey M, Danial A, Woodside M, Belov M
Computer simulation as a macroergonomic approach to assessing nurse workload and biomechanics related to COVID-19 patient care.
Qureshi SM, Greig MA, Bookey-Bassett S, Purdy N, Kelly H, vanDeursen A, Neumann WP
Developing a simulation tool to quantify biomechanical load and quality of care in nursing.
Qureshi SM, Purdy N, Greig MA, Kelly H, vanDeursen A, Neumann WP
Modelling the impacts of COVID-19 on nurse workload and quality of care using process simulation.
Qureshi SM, Bookey-Bassett S, Purdy N, Greig MA, Kelly H, Neumann WP
Using system dynamics modelling to show the effect of nurse workload on nurses' health and quality of care.
Farid M, Purdy N, Neumann WP
Predicting the effect of nurse-patient ratio on nurse workload and care quality using discrete event simulation.
Qureshi SM, Purdy N, Mohani A, Neumann WP
Effects of work environments on nurse and patient outcomes.
Purdy N, Spence Laschinger HK, Finegan J, Kerr M, Olivera F
Using Computer Simulation to Quantify Nurse & Healthcare Aides' Workload, Fatigue Levels, and Patient Care Quality, in Complex Continuing Care Settings
Principal investigators: Neumann, Patrick
Keywords: Fatigue; Healthcare System Design; Modelling; Nurse Workload; Occupational Biomechanics; Personal Support Workers; Staff Scheduling; System Analysis; System Simulation
Modelling and Minimising the Impacts of Infection Control Routines on Nurse Workload in Acute Care Under Varying COVID-19 Outbreak Scenarios
Principal investigators: Neumann, Patrick
Keywords: Fatigue; Infection Control; Nurse Workload Measurement; Process Improvement; Scenario Analysis; Simulation And Modelling
Developing a Canadian Model of Innovation in Nursing Systems: Better Work - Better Care
Principal investigators: Neumann, Patrick; Purdy, Nancy M
Keywords: Action Research; Health Care Quality; High Engagement Work Practices; Industrial Engineering; Musculoskeletal Disorders; Nursing Systems; Organizational Development; Process Improvement; Social Psychology; Stress
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Nancy Purdy and Deborah Fels: 1 shared paper
- Nancy Purdy and Paul Holyoke: 1 shared paper
- Nancy Purdy and Peter Pennefather: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Fels and Paul Holyoke: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Fels and Peter Pennefather: 1 shared paper
- Paul Holyoke and Peter Pennefather: 1 shared paper
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Information and Technology Management, School of (ITM)
- Other
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