"We don't make widgets here". Voices of chief nurse executives.
In a rapidly changing healthcare environment, the leadership behavior of chief nurse executives is essential to the organizations they manage. The author describes the leadership behavior of a group of female nurse executives who share perspectives on their life/career development. Themes discussed are progressive leadership and power, transformational leadership, cyclic mentorship, macro-organizational perspective, and competition and achievement.
Undergraduate Program, College of Nursing and Health Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
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D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D004219:District of Columbia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007857:Leadership; D008396:Maryland; D008611:Mentors; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology; D011209:Power, Psychological; D014768:Virginia