Sherman RO. Published by Rose Sherman; 2021. Paperback; 258 pages.Some nurses are called to leadership. An effective nursing leader needs many skills, and the career path often includes obtaining a graduate education and gaining clinical expertise. In addition, nursing leaders should continue to learn from experts on current thinking to be successful. In The Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership: Your Toolkit for Success, the author defines the areas of accountability of a nursing leader, specifically of the nurse manager, and incorporates key points from established leadership experts.The book is organized into 5 parts: Transitioning Into Leadership, Communicating and Collaborating in Leadership Roles, Leading High Performance Teams, Leading in Organizations, and Your Leadership Toolkit. In each part, the chapters start with foundational information and continue to expand on that information. In addition, chapters include key points and references. The final part, Your Leadership Toolkit, contains actionable items and tools to support the application of the material discussed in the book. The information in this book is appropriate for both new and experienced leaders; the topics are well explored and can be applied to any organization.One of the greatest challenges that affects nursing today is staffing. Research suggests that staffing can impact such outcomes as patient clinical indicators, patient and staff satisfaction, turnover, and institutional financial performance. Although there is no magic solution to the staffing challenge, Sherman provides details of how nursing leaders can develop and drive staffing solutions that appeal to all stakeholders and optimize performance outcomes.In The Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership, Sherman discusses how to determine what you can and cannot control, how to establish boundaries, and how to foster resilience in yourself and your teams. These skills are crucial to the health, wellness, and success of nursing leaders and the nurses they guide and mentor. Also, using these skills, nurses can establish their own legacy and develop as leaders and innovators of the future.This book includes many references, most of them current and some classic but still relevant. Many aspiring and current nursing leaders may not have read these works and can benefit from learning more about the contribution to and influence on leadership best practices of these references.The Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership provides an excellent overview of the components of successful nursing leadership. This book would be a wonderful tool for business leaders who join health care organizations; it provides insight into the unique culture of nursing and how best to collaborate with nursing leaders and partners. The Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership can help readers understand the thinking and prioritization applied at the point of care and how the influence of an organization is established through its frontline health care providers.Tedeschi RG, Moore BA, Falke K, Goldberg J. Independently published; 2020. Paperback; 290 pages.The experience of trauma changes a person. Initially, the experience is almost always negative and can affect the rest of someone’s life. However, the authors of Transformed by Trauma have found that trauma can lead to finding purpose and growth in the pain experienced. Transformed by Trauma includes true stories of veterans and their family members who found such purpose and growth in their experiences with trauma.Clinton C. Back Bay Books; 2005. Paperback; 304 pages.This book is the biography of a former slave who became the only Black female known to have repeatedly and successfully led other slaves to freedom as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. The accomplishments of this remarkable woman do not end there; Tubman went on to be a Civil War nurse, spy, scout, and military commander. After the war, she was a well-known philanthropist and leader in the women’s suffrage movement. Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom is a well-written biography of an amazing person.McChrystal S, Collins T, Silverman D, Fussell C. Portfolio; 2015. Hardcover; 304 pages.In 2004, General Stanley McChrystal took over command of the Joint Special Operations Task Force only to discover that tactics in use at that time were woefully inadequate to defeat Al-Qaeda. He needed to lead the organization toward a faster, flatter, and more flexible command structure—a “team of teams.” General McChrystal decentralized power to allow small groups the freedom to experiment and share what they learned across the entire special operations command. This change allowed teams to respond more quickly, communicate more freely, and make better and faster decisions. Team of Teams is an excellent read for those looking to promote leading from the bedside.