Experience of Injured and/or Ill Nurses – Return to Work Focus Groups

The objective of the return to work focus groups conducted in late 2007 was to provide injured and/or ill nurses with an opportunity to discuss the barriers and factors for return to work.

Nurses in the four focus group sessions wanted:

• The opportunity to continue to contribute as nurses
• Acknowledgement of their injury and/or illness and its impact on their lives
• Return to work to focus on what they can do rather than what they cannot do
• Return to work duties that are identified nursing duties
• To be seen as a whole person, who have not lost mental capabilities just because they have a physical injury
• To be seen for who they are, not just an injury and/or illness.

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• Research & Policy Documents
• Research
  • Literature Review of Barriers to and Factors for Successful Return to Work
  • Initial Report on Factors for and Barriers to Successful Return to Work
  • Experience of Injured and/or Ill Nurses – Return to Work Project Data
  • Experience of Injured and/or Ill Nurses – Return to Work Focus Groups
  • Consultation with Key Organisations who affect the RTW of Injured and/or Ill Nurses
  • Examine Feasibility of a Catalogue of Return to Work Duties and Employment Opportunities to support RTW Planning
  • Nurses Return to Work in Hospitals – Pilot Program in 5 Victorian Hospitals
  • Nurses Return to Work in Hospitals – Pilot Program Evaluation Report
  • Nurses Return to Work in Hospitals – Final Report
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• Resource Tools
• Evaluation Survey