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The clinical nurse educator as leader
Theresa Adelman-Mullally1, Cindy K Mulder, Deborah E McCarter-Spalding
1Bradley University, Department of Nursing, Peoria, IL 61625, USA. tadelman@bradley.edu
Nurse Education in Practice
|August 3, 2012
Summary
Clinical nurse educators demonstrate leadership by role modeling, providing vision, and challenging the system. Their practice skills enhance leadership, benefiting nursing education and faculty development.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Leadership Studies
Background:
- The National League for Nursing emphasizes leadership in nursing education.
- Clinical nurse educators play a vital role in shaping future nurses.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe leadership within clinical nursing education.
- To explore how clinical nurse educators enact leadership.
- To identify practice skills enhancing educator leadership.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of leadership models.
- Identification of themes in clinical nurse educator leadership.
- Explication of themes with examples.
Main Results:
- Clinical nurse educators exemplify leadership through role modeling, vision, student support, system challenging, and relational integrity.
- Practice-based strengths enhance leadership capacity.
- Five overarching themes identified in educator leadership.
Conclusions:
- Clinical nurse educators possess significant leadership potential.
- Nursing faculty and administrators can leverage educator leadership capital.
- Leadership development is crucial for clinical nurse educators.
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