Abstract
Called To Lead
Highlights
Promoting nursing leadership is one of the six categories of action items noted in the Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health [5]
How does a nurse become a leader? Behavioral Theory focuses on behaviors which can be transformed to develop a leader, whereas others e.g. Great Man Theory, suggests that leaders are born with leadership traits
Some believe in a combination of one having set of innate leadership traits that with education and experience can be exhibited as leadership [2, 3, 4]
Summary
With the shared goal of improving health, nurses at all levels of education, experience, and current practice are needed to serve on committees, task forces, boards, etc. Are just a few examples of nurses as leaders. This discussion is based on the premise that leadership skills can be learned. Nurses who are interested in a position of leadership or are interested in enhancing their professional growth can acquire leadership skills through either formal or informal training.
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