Promoting
partnerships to improve public health
Interview with Rear Admiral Carol Romano, chief nurse officer
of the U.S. Public Health Service
by James E. Mattson
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
by Gloria Thupayagale-Tshweneagae
A nurse educator from Botswana salutes the educator who mentored
her and her colleagues.
Move
over, physicians. Nurses belong on health care boards, too.
by Divina Grossman
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
by Jane Palmer
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
by Maria R. Shirey
“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
Part 2 of a two-part article
by Kathleen T. Heinrich
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
by Dana J. Olive
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
by Theresa A. Granger
“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
by Samantha J. Ventimiglia
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.
Last updated 9/28/06
