Direct patient care - involves client nurse interactions and many include family members or
others.
Coaching/mentoring - APRN coach clients, families, and staff nurses. APRN needs to be actively
involved in assisting and mentoring other nurses to achieve excellent patient care.
Leadership - problem solving and suggesting necessary changes are some major contributions of
an APRN within the health system. Theses skills help APRNs effectively perform in health,
clinical, and professional arenas.
Ethics – consensus building among team members, so clients need are met.
Consultation – staff nurses and team members may seek assistance because of clinical expertise
Evidence Base Practice (EBP) – Research, a hallmark of APRN.
Collaboration- collaborating between APRN and healthcare team members helps enhance their
ability to meet needs of clients. Requires commitment and good communication among the
team members.
2. What is the difference in leadership styles:
Democratic - managers reaching decisions with the input of the employees but being
responsible for making the final decision.
Autocratic - also known as authoritarian leadership, is a leadership style characterized by
individual control over all decisions and little input from group members.
Laissez faire - also known as delegative leadership, is a type of leadership style in which leaders
are hands-off and allow group members to make the decisions.
Transformational - is a leadership style that can inspire positive changes in those who follow.
3. Example’s of collaboration between APRN roles –
With individuals when partnerships are formed, aim to understand how the patient wants to
work with APN and other providers, with teams & groups facilitate to ensure delivery of
effective outcomes, organizational & policy arenas, global arenas
4. What is evidence-based research? (EBR) conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best
research-based evidence when making decisions about the care of individual patients.
5. Give an example of situational leadership - the interaction between an individual's leadership
style and the features of the environment or situation in which he/she is operating. Situational
leadership refers to when the leader or manager of an organization must adjust his style to fit
the development level of the followers he is trying to influence.
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