It is anticipated that benefits and outcomes will be demonstrative of the programme’s objectives. Benefits and outcomes identified by the Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom1 are: For people receiving care/services: - Specific improvements to care
- Organisation of care become focused on the person receiving care
- People participate through storytelling and observations of care
- People see that staff are actively working to improve services
For participants in the programme - the United Kingdom programme's research based evaluations demonstrate that participants have become more effective clinical leaders through: - Development of self
- Building effective relationships with team members
- Enhancing patient care through initiating sustainable change
- Networking internally and externally
- Becoming more politically aware
For workplace teams: - Able to work more effectively as a team
- Team members feel more valued
- Contribute to development of effective person-care
For participating organisations: - Facilitates sustainable change and improvements in practice
- Improves staff recruitment and retention
- Promotes the development of a culture of effectiveness
- Assists in meeting the strategic directions set down in the
national health agenda, national nursing and State bodies
- Links to strategic plans regarding workforce development of
specific organisations
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