Module 8: Integrating & Optimizing the NP Role in LTC Practice
205 8.3 Key Points
Key Points
Key Takeaways
- NP practice integration into LTC requires many factors for success including personal advocacy
- Successfully integration a NP role into LTC requires knowledge & understanding of the NP scope of practice, knowledge of the LTC sector, staffing roles in the home & availability of resources
- Communication is a key factor to supporting NP integration and is important to understanding role & expectations
- Psychological safety is a condition where individuals are free from threats of harm to their psychological health
- Every health care worker deserves to working in an organization that prioritizes psychological health & safety
- A health care work environment that supports psychological health & safety reduces absenteeism & turnover, boosts productivity, reduces errors & health care costs, improves patient satisfaction, recruitment & retention, morale, relationships & sense of purpose
- NPs support policy development including policies around health care access, equality, quality of care, scope of practice, public health crises & health care legislation