Table 3 Leadership actions across levels of the nursing department
Leadership role | Examples of leadership actions |
|---|---|
Program Co-Directors | • Prioritized program activities • Pushed for more BPG-related improvement • Sought creative sources for funding • Advanced an agenda of expectations related to BPGs • Reinforced a BPG-inspired framework for nursing practice • Nurtured a “climate of inquiry” within the department |
BPG Task Force Co-Leaders and Other Members | • Facilitated “re-implementation” of BPGs on units with lower levels of sustainability • Implemented more recommendations from each of the BPGs • Developed BPG-based patient teaching materials • Adapted BPG nursing tools to unique patient populations • Engaged other professionals to work on collaboration-related BPG practice challenges • Updated organizational policies and procedures based on BPGs |
Clinical Program Nursing Directors | • Included BPGs as a standing agenda item at program meetings • Relieved unit managers from dossiers that took time away from BPG-promoting work • Worked with unit managers to prioritize unit-based BPG practice monitoring • Discussed BPG-related performance data formally and informally with unit management teams • Reminded these teams to use measured BPG-related outcomes as “balancing indicators” during other unit changes • Included BPG-related unit performance as a criterion in unit managers’ individual evaluations or annual unit progress reporting • Participated in the annual health centre-wide prevalence survey |