Abstract

The uncertainty in the health care industry, particularly in nursing, makes the next millennium an important time for nurses to develop leadership skills. One of the greatest challenges faced in the nursing profession is developing future nurse leaders. A better understanding of what transformational leadership is, can improve our ability to provide effective leadership training programs and interventions. To respond to changing technological and social forces, new managerial responsibilities are placed on the nursing services requiring nurse administrators who are knowledgeable, skilled and competent in all aspects of leadership. To confront these expanding responsibilities and demands, the leader's role must take on new dimensions to facilitate quality outcomes in patient care and meet other strategic organizational goals and objectives (Porter-O'Grady, 2000). Nursing practice and nursing leadership are not solo acts. Nurses do not practice nursing in isolation from others, and nursing leadership is not practiced in a vacuum (Reid-Ponte, 2006). Therefore, nursing leadership plays a pivotal role in determining the future direction of the nursing profession and in preparing nurses to ensure quality health care for the future and to meet the inevitable challenges of the new millennium.

Author Details

Reem Mabrouk Abd El Rahman, DNSc, RN, AT

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quasi-Experimental Study, Other

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Nurse Manager, Nurse Leader Development

Advisor

Zeinab Mohamed Nabawy

Second Advisor

Alice Edward Reizian

Third Advisor

Magdala Habib Maximos

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

University of Alexandria

Degree Year

2009

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2017-08-03

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