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Maureen Swick CEO American Organization of Nurse Executives 800 Tenth Street NW US [email protected] CNO Joan Clark Nursing Texas Health Resources Dallas, Texas US [email protected] LEADERSHIP OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL: BUILDING COMPETENCIES FOR NURSE LEADERS ACROSS THE CARE CONTINUUM In early 2017, the American Hospital Association (AHA) published their newest report The Imperative for Strategic Workforce Planning and Development: Challenges and Opportunities. This report highlights key challenges in USA workforce planning to include rural hospitals, behavioral health programs, and other care settings that transcend our traditional focus in acute care hospitals. A critical section of the report speaks to the need for health care leaders who can train the workforce to new care models, foster innovative thinking to ensure optimal safety and quality outcomes for patients, and strategically plan for value based care that crosses the care continuum. The American Organization for Nurse Executives (AONE) is the professional nursing organization for nursing leaders and is a subsidiary of the AHA. In 2015, anticipating this new direction the AONE published their Nurse Executive Competencies for Post-Acute Care providers. Building on the original AONE Nurse Executive Competencies, these competencies address the unique needs of the Nurse Executive managing across the care continuum to include palliative care, home health and hospice, or ambulatory practices. In addition, these competencies focus on the nurse leader's role in population health management, addressing the competencies needed to coordinate services for acute episodes of care through chronic illness management. The focus of this presentation will be to present the AONE Nurse Executive Competencies for Post-Acute Care, demonstrating the crosswalk to the original Nurse Executive Competencies but importantly highlighting the unique competency needs of the nurse leader outside of the traditional hospital setting. Keywords: Nursing Leadership, Competencies, Care Continuum Congress Topics: Leading in Complex Originations 8 |