The Ambassador Project: Evaluating a Five-Year Nationwide Leadership Program to Bridge the gap Between Policy and District Nursing Practice.

IF 2.1 Q2 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Epub Date: 2021-10-23 DOI:10.1177/15271544211050917
I Wolbers, P C B Lalleman, L Schoonhoven, N Bleijenberg
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Abstract

District nurses have a crucial position in healthcare provision and are expected to use leadership practices to ensure optimal quality patient care. To better equip them, a leadership program named the ambassador project was developed to support the development of a liaison role between policy and district nursing practice. This research aims to evaluate from different perspectives the impact of this nationwide, five-year leadership program for district nurses at the organizational, regional, and societal levels. A mixed-methods study was conducted using two focus groups based on peer-to-peer shadowing (n = 14), semistructured interviews (n = 13), and an online questionnaire (n = 45). The analysis shows that the impact of a nationwide leadership program for district nurses was perceived as predominantly positive, and nurses experienced an increase in courage, assertiveness, professional pride, and leadership skills. They obtained confidence in representing the group of district nurses at the organizational, regional, and societal levels when speaking with various key stakeholders from the healthcare system. They were able to bridge the gaps among daily practice, policymaking, and politics by using translations and shaping actions and information into terms suiting the needs of those involved.

大使项目:评估五年全国领导计划,以弥合政策与地区护理实践之间的差距。
地区护士在医疗保健提供中具有至关重要的地位,并有望使用领导实践来确保最佳质量的患者护理。为了更好地装备她们,制定了一项名为大使项目的领导计划,以支持政策和地区护理实践之间的联络作用的发展。本研究旨在从不同的角度评估这一全国性的、为期五年的领导力项目对地区护士在组织、地区和社会层面的影响。一项混合方法研究采用了两个焦点小组,分别基于同伴对同伴的影子(n = 14)、半结构化访谈(n = 13)和在线问卷调查(n = 45)。分析表明,对地区护士的全国领导计划的影响被认为是主要积极的,护士经历了勇气,自信,专业自豪感和领导技能的增加。当与来自医疗保健系统的各种关键利益相关者交谈时,他们获得了在组织、区域和社会层面代表地区护士群体的信心。他们能够通过翻译和将行动和信息塑造成适合相关人员需求的术语,弥合日常实践、政策制定和政治之间的差距。
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Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice
Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice Nursing-Leadership and Management
CiteScore
3.30
自引率
5.60%
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24
期刊介绍: Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that explores the multiple relationships between nursing and health policy. It serves as a major source of data-based study, policy analysis and discussion on timely, relevant policy issues for nurses in a broad variety of roles and settings, and for others outside of nursing who are interested in nursing-related policy issues.
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