Module 5: Leadership & LTC Practice
121 5.1.2 Leadership Roles
Examples of outcomes of NP leadership in LTC homes:
- Supported establishing links between fragmented systems of care
- Developing policies, strategies and algorithms to establish links between LTC and acute care
- Supported emergency department avoidance programs
- Building partnerships with other care providers and programs (e.g. laboratory, diagnostic imaging)
- Increasing access with hospitals and specialists
- Support staff and families
NP leadership competencies in LTC homes include:
- Assumes complex and advanced leadership roles to initiate and guide change
- Provides leadership to foster collaboration with multiple stakeholders to improve health care
- Demonstrates leadership using critical and reflective thinking
- Advocates for improved access, quality, and cost-effective health care
- Advances practice through the development and implementation of innovations incorporating principles of change
- Communicates practice knowledge effectively
- Participates in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice nursing and/or health outcomes of a population focus