TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting Sustainable Nursing Leadership
T2 - The Nightingale Legacy
AU - Nichols, Lynn Stover
AU - Eagerton, Greg
AU - Bordelon, Curry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2020 Creative Health Care Management.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The year 2020 features the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. Her legacy is often recalled as simply being “the lady with the lamp” who cared for sick and wounded British soldiers; however, her impact on the nursing profession includes serving as a role model for many leadership behaviors and strategies that have positively impacted the health of communities and populations around the world. Through her tireless endeavors, Nightingale exemplified many leadership roles, including advocate, change agent, interprofessional collaborator, and visionary. The development of effective skills in these leadership roles remains important for all levels of nursing leaders in today's health-care environment. This article showcases Nightingale's leadership in selected leadership roles, and demonstrates her continued impact on contemporary nurses.
AB - The year 2020 features the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. Her legacy is often recalled as simply being “the lady with the lamp” who cared for sick and wounded British soldiers; however, her impact on the nursing profession includes serving as a role model for many leadership behaviors and strategies that have positively impacted the health of communities and populations around the world. Through her tireless endeavors, Nightingale exemplified many leadership roles, including advocate, change agent, interprofessional collaborator, and visionary. The development of effective skills in these leadership roles remains important for all levels of nursing leaders in today's health-care environment. This article showcases Nightingale's leadership in selected leadership roles, and demonstrates her continued impact on contemporary nurses.
KW - advocate
KW - change agent
KW - Florence Nightingale
KW - interprofessional collaborator
KW - leadership
KW - visionary
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097210479&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://doi.org/10.1891/CRNR-D-19-00081
U2 - 10.1891/CRNR-D-19-00081
DO - 10.1891/CRNR-D-19-00081
M3 - Article
C2 - 32917842
AN - SCOPUS:85097210479
SN - 1078-4535
VL - 26
SP - 272
EP - 276
JO - Creative Nursing
JF - Creative Nursing
IS - 4
ER -