Provides invaluable guidance for nursing graduate students to develop the skills necessary to transform healthcare through leadership within complex healthcare settings.

The award-winning Transformational Leadership in Nursing: From Expert Clinician to Influential Leader guides nursing graduate students and professionals in the development of skills required to fulfill emerging leadership roles in our increasingly complex healthcare system. It provides a wealth of critical information, practical tools, creative vision, and inspiration to help facilitate leadership in a wide variety of settings. This expanded and updated third edition presents current challenges in healthcare and frameworks for becoming a transformational leader during times of change. Expert leaders discuss the tenets of collaborative leadership―networks, influence, and decision-making―as well as the creation of organizational environments and cultures to support practice excellence.

The text will help readers master the skills necessary to work effectively across disciplines and generations; develop and implement strategic plans; design, implement, and evaluate practice models; build cohesive and effective teams; and lead across systems of care to resolve healthcare disparities and improve outcomes. This inspirational text fulfills the DNP Core Competencies, as described in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice.

New to This Edition:

• Outlines key leadership competencies for effective leadership in complex organizations
• Expands the scope of the healthcare economics and finance section to address the monetization of nursing innovations; expands coverage of population health strategies
• Features Leadership in Action vignettes and reflective questions to help students apply theoretical concepts to their own situations
• Includes updated tools, healthcare paradigms, and leadership inspiration
• Presents cases and reflective questions to help students apply the theoretical content to their own situations and generate discussion across cohorts of students

Key Features/Benefits:

• Written expressly for APRNs transitioning into leadership roles
• Traces the trajectory from expert clinician to the role of leader in complex organizations and patient populations
• Utilizes Leadership in Action vignettes to highlight real-world application of concepts and strategies
• Provides learning objectives, reflection questions, inspirational quotations from noted leaders, and resources for further learning