Conference Workshop Strategies and Tools to Strengthen APN Role Clarity and Success

This full‑day workshop is designed to deepen participants’ understanding of Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) in Switzerland and globally and equip them with practical tools to strengthen their roles. Through a combination of large- and small‑group activities, participants will collaborate with facilitators and peers to apply new knowledge, complete hands‑on exercises, and develop personalized plans for implementing their learning in their workplace.

Led by APN researchers and educators from Canada and Switzerland, the workshop will introduce participants to current research on APN role outcomes and explore a framework for understanding the “value‑added” contributions of advanced nursing roles. Key topics include strategies for clearly articulating APN roles to enhance role clarity, as well as developing relational and communication skills to effectively convey the role within interprofessional teams.

Participants will also create outlines for quality improvement or research projects aimed at enhancing patient care. In addition, they will develop individualized logic models to support clarity, alignment, and strategic development in their APN roles.

7th APN Symposium

The conference workshops are held as part of the 7th APN Symposium.

Program

09.00 Introductions and Plan for the day
 

What do we know about outcomes of APN Roles?

• Patient, provider, organizational outcome
• Cost outcomes for the system

Role Clarity and Articulating APN Roles and Activity

Articulation of role and disseminating role to patients, colleagues, leaders, and others

Relational skills to promote role clarity

• Negotiation/articulation of role
• Difficult conversations

12.00 Lunch and Networking 
 

Creating quality improvement or research project to improve patient care
 

Creating logic models

16.00 End of Workshop