A journey to leadership: designing a nursing leadership development program.

Growing practice specialists in mental health: addressing stigma and recruitment with a nursing residency program.

Despite the growing prevalence and healthcare needs of people living with mental illness, the stigma associated with mental health nursing continues to present challenges to recruiting new nurses to this sector. As a key recruitment strategy, five mental health hospitals and three educational institutions collaborated to develop and pilot an innovative nursing residency program. The purpose of ...

My Leadership Story: Reflections of a Health Leaders Institute Alumnus.

Leadership is an exhilarating journey that begins with the simple truth of getting to know ourselves in the deepest way. We all have a story that unfolds over time. Our stories are influenced by our values, by who we meet, what we learn and opportunities that provide us with experiences to stretch, grow and develop. I am thrilled to share my experience as an alumnus of the Dorothy Wylie Health ...

Learning Groups in Training Programs for Nurse Managers: A Method to Enhance Nursing and Leadership Capabilities

Introduction: Employing management skills directs staff performance. This study was done to determine the effects of management development programs by learning groups’ technique, on the leadership styles of nurse managers as well as staff nurse empowerment. Methods: A pre-experimental study was performed as one-group with pre and post-test in a teaching hospital in Tehran during the year 200...

A sabbatical journey of discovery: the liberation of nursing.

An evaluation of the RCN clinical leadership development programme: part 2.

Aim The RCN Clinical Leadership Development Programme was set up in 1995 and sought to identify how clinical nurses in recognised leadership positions could improve the quality of patient care. Method The programme was tested on four senior nurses and 24 ward sisters in four acute hospital trusts in England over an 18-month period. The primary research question was whether the intervention impr...