The role of character and competence in effective leadership is significant. Who the leader is as a person often manifests in how they lead. Leadership effectiveness could be obtained through the process of continuous, intentional, and purposeful commitment to acquiring empirical education, as well as a commitment to other ways of acquiring knowledge. Education, especially university education, could open the door for epistemic transformation as well as personal transformation. Leadership in Canadian nursing profession is evident in every area and context of nursing practice, including in the frontline nursing. Canadian nurses, therefore, need to make conscious commitment to acquiring continuous leadership education that could translate to both epistemic transformation and personal transformation, which could lead to the acquisition of skills and technical competencies for effective leadership.
The reality of ambivalence and resistance around the incorporation of spirituality and religious beliefs in the treatment of fear and anxiety disorders and other mental health conditions cannot be denied. The overall purpose of this scholarly article is to advance thoughtful deliberations and discussions around the possibility that healthy spirituality and healthy religious practices, together with psychotherapy and pharmacologic interventions, could be effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders and other mental health conditions. Through a review of scholarly articles and reflections on his experience in clinical nursing practice, the author demonstrates with clarity of thought, acute insight, and academic rigor the necessity and relevancy of including healthy spirituality and healthy religious beliefs, together with psychotherapy and pharmacology, in the management of fear and anxiety disorders and other mental health conditions. The article is a call for engagement in this issue, not a conquest.
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