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1an Assistant Professor, and Director, Nursing Leadership Institute, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
Abstract:
In response to the nursing shortage, many health care organizations are utilizing a team approach to nursing care delivery. Although, the role of the charge nurse in these changing nursing care delivery models is a pivotal one to the effective and safe management of patient care units, many receive no leadership training. An educational program that hundreds of charge nurses have attended over the past 2 years is described. Strategies that organizations should consider when planning their own training are shared.
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