Reshaping Nursing Workforce Development by Strengthening the Leadership Skills of Advanced Practice Nurses

J Nurses Prof Dev. 2019 May/Jun;35(3):152-159. doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000534.

Abstract

A nurse leadership program provides advanced practice nurses, many of whom have nursing professional development roles within their agencies, with a year of education, mentoring, and guidance to create and implement innovative models of care designed to improve population health. This article highlights program participants' leadership development outcomes, along with strategies to educate and mentor rising nurse leaders.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Advanced Practice Nursing / education*
  • Advanced Practice Nursing / methods
  • Education, Nursing, Graduate / methods
  • Education, Nursing, Graduate / standards
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leadership*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nurses / psychology
  • Nurses / statistics & numerical data
  • Staff Development / methods
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Workforce / standards*