Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing

Abstract

Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing is designed for a single-semester introduction to the professional nurse’s leadership role as both a care provider and a formal leader. Nursing students will take this course in their third year as they prepare to assume a professional nursing role within the clinical health care environment. An assortment of authors with diverse nursing leadership roles across Saskatchewan and Canada have contributed to this textbook. These diverse voices are focused on providing student nurses with the foundational tools, techniques, and knowledge required to empower them to meet the leadership challenges found within the incessantly changing Canadian health care environment. Assembling this information using an online format allows for the material to be updated regularly so as to keep pace with the rapid expansion of knowledge. The specific goals of this textbook are: To ensure the information is relevant to Saskatchewan nursing students -- To tailor the content to nursing students’ needs for both practical knowledge and theoretical knowledge -- To provide up-to-date evidence-informed content on nursing leadership -- To thread Aboriginal content throughout the textbook -- To tailor the textbook to the curriculum.