Leadership Development for Nurses and Midwives
- 1st Edition - May 1, 2022
- Authors: Gemma Stacey, Greta Westwood
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 0 4 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 0 5 0 - 4
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Request a sales quoteThis groundbreaking new text will help nurses and midwives develop their unique leadership capabilities for better care, no matter what their level of experience or where in the organizational hierarchy they work.
Edited by the CEO and Director of the prestigious Florence Nightingale Foundation and written by specialists in their field, the book focuses on the personal development required for nurses and midwives to become authentic leaders. It guides the reader through a range of innovative and novel perspectives on leadership development, with an emphasis on self-awareness and personal growth.
Leadership Development for Nurses and Midwives
offers an exciting new perspective that is sure to maximize the individual and collective influence of nurses and midwives, and all that each has to offer.- Increases awareness of how personality preferences influence personal effectiveness and performance in teams
- Shows how to identify opportunities to influence and how to express yourself for impact
- Supports personal resilience and how to stay calm under pressure
- Brings theory to life through authentic case studies provided by current nursing and midwifery leaders working in a range of settings
- Reflects contemporary practice and responds to identified gaps in leadership development for nurses and midwives
- Reflective learning activities encourage the reader to apply principles to their own self-development
- Presents historical references to Florence Nightingale and her relevance to modern day nursing throughout
Practising nurses and midwives working in all setting and at all levels of the professional hierarchy. The book will be internationally relevant. Nurses and Midwives make up around 50% of the entire healthcare workforce. It is estimated by WHO that there are 20.7 million globally.
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Author bios
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Florence Nightingale and Her Legacy Today
- Chapter Outline
- Objectives
- Florence’s Early Life and Her Route to Nursing
- Florence’s Lifetime Achievements
- Florence’s Significance and Relevance Today
- The Florence Nightingale Foundation Today, Florence’s Legacy
- Further Reading
- Chapter 2 Understanding Self for Effective Leadership
- Chapter Outline
- Objectives
- Defining Your Leadership Signature
- Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Deepsi – ISTJ
- Leonie – ESTJ
- Florence Nightingale as a Leader
- Reflective Learning Exercise
- References
- Chapter 3 Developing Presence and Having Impact
- Chapter Outline
- Objectives
- Who Am I?
- What Does It Mean to Be Confident?
- What Gets in the Way of Being Confident?
- What Are Some Tools and Strategies to Feel and Become More Confident?
- Summary
- Further Reading
- Chapter Outline
- What Are My Pillars of Presence?
- Summary
- Further Reading & Viewing
- Chapter 4 Creating Psychologically Safe Spaces: A Peer Coaching Approach
- Chapter Outline
- Objectives
- What Is a Psychologically Safe Space?
- What Is a Coaching Approach?
- What Is Coaching?
- Listening and Giving ‘Generative Attention’
- What Is a Powerful Question?
- A Peer-Coaching Approach
- What Are My Next Steps?
- Summary
- References
- Further Reading (On Reflective Cycles)
- Chapter 5 Leading in Anxious Times
- Chapter Outline
- Objectives
- Introduction
- The Job of Leadership
- Leading When Feeling Anxious
- Effective Leadership
- Tips and Thoughts
- Understand the Context in Which You Operate
- Understand the Job of Leadership
- Know Yourself
- Know Your People
- Create and Maintain Balance
- References
- Further Reading/Resources (on Leadership and Effectiveness)
- Chapter 6 Gaining Political Acumen, Having Influence, and Making Change Happen
- Chapter Outline
- Objectives
- A Brief History of Influencing for Change by Nurses: Discontented Nurses Have Changed the World
- Gaining Political Acumen
- Having Influence and Making Change Happen
- Big P Politics
- Nurses Who Became Politicians and Politicians’ Reflections on Successful Influencing by Nurses
- What Are My Next Steps?
- Reference
- Recommended Further Reading
- Chapter 7 The Art and Science of Influencing Change and Measuring Its Impact
- Chapter Outline
- Objectives
- Importance of Quality Improvement for Health and Care Leaders
- Where Do I Start?
- What We Mean by Quality Improvement
- Planning: Understand the Problem and Develop an Aims Statement
- Aim Statement
- Further Information
- Doing: Change and Improvement – It’s All About People
- REFLECTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE: STAKEHOLDERS
- Involved Approach to Creating Aims and Clarity of Approach and Plans
- Final Reflections
- Studying: Measurement to Support Improvement
- Acting: Sustainability and Spread: Embedding Your Improvements
- Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Additional Resources
- References
- Chapter 8 Empowering Nurses and Midwives toBe Digital Health Leaders
- Chapter Outline
- Objectives
- Information Makes Every Nurse and Midwife a Digital Health Leader
- The Impact of Digital Health on Nursing andMidwifery Practice
- Core Elements of Digital Health for Nurses and Midwives
- Develop Your Professional Leadership Using Digital Health Competencies
- Update the Four Transformational Leadership Dimensions With Digital Health Competencies
- A Global Perspective
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9 Sharing Knowledge and Establishing Expertise Through Writing for Publication
- Chapter Outline
- Objectives
- Why you should Consider Writing for Publication?
- Establishing Your Motivation to Write
- How to Challenge the Inner Critic
- How to practically Approach writing
- What Is Your Preferred Approach?
- Positively Reframing the Process of Peer Review
- What are your next steps?
- Summary
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 212
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 1, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323870498
- eBook ISBN: 9780323870504
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Gemma Stacey
Gemma Stacey is the Associate Dean for Practice in the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University. In this role, Gemma provides strategic direction, oversight, and support for Knowledge Exchange (KE) activities within the School, ensuring alignment with the University's Enriching Society strategic objective.
She fosters a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement in KE, while championing the Teaching and Practice pathway and promoting collaborations with external partners.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Dean for Practice, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent UniversityGW
Greta Westwood
Professor Greta Westwood is CEO of the Florence Nightingale Foundation. She qualified as a nurse in 1983 and a midwife in 1987. She completed an MSc in Health Psychology in 1996 and a PhD in Nursing in 2010. Greta was one of the first genetic counsellors for the Wessex Clinical Genetics Service from 1987-2007 and was part of the team who established the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC).