The nurses swarmed a former manager with hugs and smiles as she approached the main nursing station for a visit back to see her old staff. “Help us,” the charge nurse said, “We are exhausted. The patient load is so heavy that…
Making effective decisions is essential for nurses, especially when in a leadership role. Successful nurse leaders are also able to involve the right people. This is while considering the impact of those decisions on patients, team members, and the organization as…
As a doctor of leadership I have seen, read and observed many definitions of the term leader. My own simple definition of leadership is “one who inspires and grows people.” In other words, a nurse leader is concerned for the wellbeing of…
Like no other career, nursing gave Mary Brobst the ability to “stretch and grow.” In eighth grade, Mary Brobst not only knew she wanted to be a nurse, but she knew she wanted to be a neonatal nurse. “On career day, a…
For much of her career, Virginian Shirley Gibson has been passionately involved in moving the profession forward by having outstanding qualities that develops nursing leadership skills. In 1967, she started out as a staff nurse and worked her way up through the…
While I was doing some research on a favorite subject of mine, nursing leadership, I took time to reflect on the many definitions of a leader. A leader, depending on the source of your definition, is one who guides, leads…
Nurse managers have contact with nearly every department in the hospital. They are the liaison between staff nurses and upper management. They must also coordinate activities having to do with clinical nursing practice, ethics, finance and budgeting, staffing models, patient safety, supply…
Today, there is a gap in nursing leadership, as healthcare becomes increasingly complex and reliant on technology. That’s why doctoral nursing programs are becoming popular. This is especially true for the Doctor of Nursing Practice, which prepares nurses either for advanced…