title: Preparing clinical nurse leaders in a regional Australian teaching hospital.
abstract: The need to develop nurses as managers and leaders is crucial to the retention of registered nurses at a time of work force shortages and an increasingly aging work force in most Western industrialized countries. This article describes a creative and collaborative educational initiative developed at a large regional teaching hospital in New South Wales, Australia, designed to address this need. Based on a competency assessment process designed around face-to-face education, resource materials, and individualized mentoring from nurse unit managers, the aim of this multifaceted educational program is to develop effective team leaders in the clinical setting as well as a new generation of nursing leaders.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Locked Bag 1, Newcastle Regional Mail Centre, NSW 2310, Australia.
authors.forename: Ann K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Vicki T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milson-Hawke
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cairney
authors.forename: Carmel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peek
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D002322:Career Mobility; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors; D009517:New South Wales; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration