Professional leadership in community nursing services.
To community nurses experiencing the chaos of repeated organisational change, the NHS can seem an environment hostile to clinical excellence. But, writes Alison Norman, the changing nature of health service management offers new opportunities for health visitors and school nurses to take the lead in pushing forward the boundaries of clinical practice. Here she examines the concept of leadership, and challenges practitioners to take up the gauntlet.
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D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation