title: The role of nurse leaders in improving health.
abstract: Premature deaths could be avoided and NHS resources saved if healthcare staff provided more effective support for people to improve health-related behaviour. All healthcare staff can deliver very brief interventions, which have been proved to have a positive effect. Nurse leaders play a vital role in helping frontline staff deliver behaviour change interventions, and in ensuring support is available for staff to stay healthy. This article--the first in a two-part series--outlines the action nurse leaders need to take. Part 2 (to be published next week) focuses on the role of frontline staff in integrating behaviour change interventions into their clinical work.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuller
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D024802:Nurse's Role; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom