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Clinical leadership in nursing students: A concept analysis
Kirsten Jack1, Monica Bianchi2, Rosa Dilar Pereira Costa3
1Faculty of Health and Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, Brooks Building, Manchester M15 6GX, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Objectives:
To undertake a concept analysis of clinical leadership in nursing students.
Design:
Concept analysis.
Data Sources:
A comprehensive search was conducted using the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline and PsychINFO using the following search terms: clinical leadership AND management AND preregistration OR pre-registration OR undergraduate AND nursing student* OR student nurse*.
Review Methods:
Nursing student clinical leadership was explored using the eight-step process of concept analysis proposed by Walker and Avant (2014).
Results:
The defining attributes included effective interpersonal communication skills, contemporary clinical knowledge and being a role model to others.
Conclusion:
This concept analysis provides a definition of clinical leadership in nursing students. It will support understanding of the concept and how it is enacted in clinical placement settings.
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