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Leading Change When Implementing Advanced Practice Nursing

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The healthcare services of many countries are undergoing major changes, which require clear leadership. The introduction of new advanced practice nursing roles is a big change that affects all the healthcare staff involved, and such change be met with resistance. Accordingly, visionary leadership and a leader’s ability to lead change become central to the process. Change is not a clear-cut concept but has instead many different dimensions. According to Kotter (Leading change, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 1996), the change process as seen in organizations can be described in eight steps. In the three-dimensional model for leading change in healthcare, leading change in a clinical context is to lead relationships, processes, and cultures, with the patient’s best as the primary objective. In all change processes, the change leader’s dialogue with staff about a common vision and concrete objectives is a prerequisite for success. Advanced practice nurses often shoulder leadership responsibility and therefore have the possibility to contribute to the development of healthcare services that truly benefit the patient and the patient’s needs and desires.

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Fagerström, L.M. (2021). Leading Change When Implementing Advanced Practice Nursing. In: A Caring Advanced Practice Nursing Model . Advanced Practice in Nursing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53555-1_12

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