title: Assisting critical care nurses in acquiring leadership skills: development of a leadership and management competency checklist.
abstract: Critical care nurses need to be more effective leaders and managers in healthcare. Delivering quality and cost-effective patient outcomes have become goals of all nurses. To achieve these goals, nurses must practice and attain leadership ability. This article describes a program to help nurses gain quality leadership skills.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06430, USA. sgrossman@mail.fairfield.edu
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grossman
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002322:Career Mobility; D003142:Communication; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D017144:Focus Groups; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration; D011340:Problem Solving; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration