title: A nursing fellowship--building leadership skills.
abstract: A postgraduate nursing fellowship helps future nursing leaders deal with constant change, focus on learning and development, think systemically and mobilize resources through team building and goal directedness. An administrative fellowship program helps to develop future leaders, with the skills necessary to assume key positions in health care. Core competencies--leadership criteria, roles of the fellow and preceptor, skills of the fellow and preceptor and fellowship projects--are described.
authors.affiliation: St. Elizabeth Community Health Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Mahaffey
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Triolo
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D011231:Preceptorship