title: The use of peer leadership to teach fundamental nursing skills.
abstract: A peer leadership course provided undergraduate nursing students an opportunity to develop nursing skills while growing in areas of professional socialization, communication, collaboration, organization, and leadership. Junior and senior students served as peer leaders while observing, coaching, and reinforcing the learning of sophomore students in a fundamentals of nursing laboratory course. The authors describe the benefits of the peer leadership course.
authors.affiliation: Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois 60626, USA.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bensfield
authors.forename: P Ann
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Solari-Twadell
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sommer
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007615:Kansas; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology*; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010379:Peer Group; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D012951:Socialization; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires