Collective leadership in home-based palliative care: Advancing APRN roles to enhance success

Collective leadership in home-based palliative care: Advancing APRN roles to enhance success
Home Health Care Management & Practice; by Nicole DePace, Rebecca Souza, Therese Rochon, Paula Rego, Constance Dahlin; 6/25
Palliative advanced practice registered nurses are instrumental in responding to the opportunities and challenges in home-based palliative care through advocacy, practice, education, program development, and leading interprofessional teams. Collective leadership is proposed as a framework to address these tensions in home-based palliative care. Two cases are presented to compare and contrast collective and traditional leadership models, illustrate the role of the palliative advanced practice registered nurse leader, demonstrate how to avoid the pitfalls of a traditional leadership model, and build sustainable success through collective leadership principles. Finally, strategies to engage advanced practice registered nurses in leadership roles and address the tensions of the policy gaps in home-based palliative care are provided.