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FOSTERING LEADERSHIP THROUGH COLLABORATIONPromoting partnerships to improve
public health She is a pioneer in nursing informatics. Now, as chief nurse officer of the U.S. Public Health Service, Carol Romano is drawing upon her years of experience to provide nursing policy advice and consultation to the Office of the Surgeon General, while representing the U.S. Public Health Service at state, national and international levels. Tribute to leadership: Esther
Salang Seloilwe A nurse educator from Botswana salutes the educator who mentored her and her colleagues. Move over, physicians. Nurses
belong on health care boards, too. A recent study of 14 hospital boards revealed that only 4 percent of voting members were nurses, compared to 25 percent who were physicians. The author of this article, herself a member of a hospital board, encourages her nurse colleagues to make their voices heard by serving on boards. Testaments to Mentoring Leaders are made, not born. Graduates of three powerful leadership development programs offered by the Honor Society of Nursing—Chiron, Omada and Maternal-Child Health Leadership Academy—describe how they’ve benefited from the programs. Authentic leadership: Foundation
of a healthy work environment “Get real!” is an imperative that also applies to leadership. People who do practice authentic leadership possess five distinguishing characteristics. Find out what they are. Joy stealing: How some nurse
educators resist these faculty games In the last issue of Reflections on Nursing Leadership, the author described 10 games some nurse educators play that leave colleagues feeling disrespected, devalued or dismissed. In this issue, she offers strategies on how to resist playing the victim. Reflections of a young faculty
member Everyone, including student nurses, has “issues” and it’s not realistic, contends the author, to expect students to leave those personal issues at the classroom door. Drawing upon the wisdom of nursing theorist Hildegard Peplau, who identified six dynamic character roles that nurses assume when interacting with patients, the author asks educators to consider assuming similar roles when interacting with students. Mentoring: Leading the way toward
positive change “Instead of eating our young, we need to focus our energies on supporting and nurturing one another,” writes the author, who identifies mentoring, initiated immediately upon graduation, as an effective way for new nurses to learn technically and grow professionally. NICU nursing: More than a job Nurses have a wide range of career options available to them. For the author, NICU nursing—caring for “the littlest of God’s children in the midst of their creation”—was the only way to go. Correction: "A conversation with Sandra Edwardson," the cover story for Second Qtr. 2006, should have included this information: The senior scholar position is supported by AHRQ in collaboration with the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). |
