Developing New Nursing Leaders

Abstract

This is the fourth article in a series on leadership, coordinated by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), highlighting topics of interest to nurse managers and emerging nurse leaders. The AONE provides leadership, professional development, advocacy, and research to advance nursing practice and patient care, promote nursing leadership excellence, and shape public policy for health care.

Developing emerging nurse leaders

“…15 ENLs need a safe person in their corner to be a sounding board for their ideas, facilitating their ability to creatively solve problems. 16 This safe person may be a mentor or their nurse manager, who can inspire by communicating confidence in the ENL and encouraging and supporting them to engage in new challenges that will lead to their personal and professional growth, such as leading a shared decision-making committee or a unit-based quality initiative.…”

Association Development and Professional Transformation model for nurse leaders

“…There is a need for the development of nurse leaders who will take responsibility for promoting scholarship, leadership, and service in nursing and global health care (Day et al, 2014;MacPhee, Skelton-Green, Bouthillette, & Suryaprakash, 2012). The insufficient capacity to meet the current need to groom the next generation of nursing leaders is a challenge (Hancock, 2014;Lacasse, 2013;Scully, 2015). This gap has been identified in the literature.…”

“…A leadership opportunity allows PNA members to use their voice to influence health care policy and practices (Honour, 2013). Hancock (2014) attributed the lack of interest in leadership roles seen in nurses to a lack of self-confidence. Griffith (2012) points out that identifying, recruiting, developing, and mentoring potential and emergent nurse leaders' leadership ability is crucial to the nursing professional in today's health care environment.…”

Preparing Leaders in Maternal-Child Health Nursing

“…Considerable effort has been directed toward understanding how best to develop nurse leaders. Health care institutions (Abraham, 2011;Duygulu & Kublay, 2010;Shermont, Krecio, & Murphy, 2009), nursing organizations (Beglinger, 2014;Hancock, 2014;MacPhee & Suryaprakash, 2012;Makar, 2012;Martin, McCormack, Fitzsimmons, & Spirig, 2012;May & Cutting, 2014;Sportsman, Wieck, Yoder-Wise, Light, & Jordan, 2010;Weston et al, 2008), and nursing education programs (Omoike, Stratton, Brooks, Ohlson, & Storfjell, 2011;Scott & Yoder-Wise, 2013;Vogelsmeier, Farrah, Roam, & Ott, 2010) have made concerted efforts to develop nurse leaders. In fact, the American Nurses' Association (ANA) recently launched a leadership institute (ANA, 2015).…”