The Growth and Development of Nurse Leaders

Description

The book's three sections address the major views of leadership that have occupied center stage in recent decades: leadership as personal; leadership as achieving organizational goals; and leadership as transformational. It references both literature and personal experiences that bring timely issues to focus, from career stages and mentoring needs, to developmental tasks by career trajectory, and more. Angela Barron McBride brings a practicality and insightfulness to the subject that will empower you when considering your leadership development, no matter your specialty or career stage.

Table of Contents

Career (a poem)
Introduction

LEADERSHIP AS PERSONAL

Chapter One: "The Right Stuff"
Chapter Two: Knowing What You Know and Don't Know
Chapter Three: Sustaining Optimism and Managing Anger
Chapter Four: Orchestrating a Career

LEADERSHIP AS ACHIEVING ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS

Chapter Five: Naming What We Do
Chapter Six: Telling Others What to Do/What You Do
Chapter Seven: It's All About Communication
Chapter Eight: Resource Development
Chapter Nine: Appreciating Others

LEADERSHIP AS TRANSFORMATIONAL

Chapter Ten: Looking Back to Move Forward
Chapter Eleven: The Vision Thing
Chapter Twelve: Choosing Excellence
Chapter Thirteen: Beyond the Discipline-Specific

Epilogue: TOWARDS THE FUTURE
The Leader (a poem)

Author Bio

Angela Barron McBride, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, is a mental health nurse and a developmental psychologist. In the past, she has provided leadership as dean of Indiana University School of Nursing, president of both Sigma Theta Tau International and the American Academy of Nursing, and a member of the board of Clarian Health, the largest hospital network in Indiana and one of the largest in the United States. For her contributions, she has been honored with various professional awards, honorary doctorates, election to the Institute of Medicine, and designation as a "Living Legend" by the American Academy of Nursing. Passing on her leadership savvy, she designs the annual leadership conference of the John A. Hartford Foundation's Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) Program and chairs the national advisory committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Nurse Faculty Scholars Program.