title: Integration of leadership competencies in a community health simulation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to address ways in which a nursing faculty can build nursing leadership competencies into a nursing programme. This article describes the use of simulation as a compelling learning strategy.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Nurses need to be prepared to meet the demands of mass casualty events. With the growing need for major incident training, leadership competency development is a critical gap in the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A collaborative simulation was used to help students apply classroom knowledge. In this simulation, students participated in major incident triage and the application of leadership competencies to appropriately manage victims' care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Collaboration among faculty members when designing simulation scenarios is a powerful approach to nursing education. Students were able to engage in necessary skills for their future nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor of Nursing, Pfeiffer University, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: R Martin
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Nursing, Wingate University, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: B Furr
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Nursing, Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayes Lane
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Nursing, Pfeiffer University, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bramlett
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003657:Decision Making; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011361:Professional Competence; D000066908:Simulation Training; D014218:Triage
keywords: Community health nursing; Decision making; Mass casualty incidentsyNurse's role; Triage