Welcome Nurse Leaders

This page has helpful links and information for our nursing directors, managers and administrators.

• Nurses in Healthcare Management and Business Leadership Listserv (NIHMBL)

• Nurse Manager Leadership Collaborative (NMLC): The NMLC Learning Domain Framework is the Collaborative's view of nurse manager leadership development. The Nurse Manager Inventory Tool is a foundational component of a comprehensive initiative of the NMLC to assist nurse managers in achieving their development goals throughout their careers.

• It's All About You: A Blueprint for Influencing Practice [PDF]: Acute and critical care nurses can use this blueprint as a development tool to communicate, educate and identify strategies that affect nurses' professional growth, enhance their collaborative skills, deal with difficult situations and affect change. A nurse's ability to influence his or her environment and practice is based on the ability to grow as a person. This blueprint is not meant to be a recipe for becoming a leader. It is meant to assist you in your journey of personal and professional growth.

• AACN Delegation Handbook, 2nd ed. [PDF]: Leadership is not defined by role; leadership is defined by actions.

• Nurse Manager Salary Survey 2005 [PDF]: Available from Springhouse.

• Nurse Manager Website: Everything from management tools to documentation for the Joint Commission.

• Nurse Manager Tools FAQ: Develop a performance improvement strategy to enhance the leadership skills of our nurse managers.

• Dealing With Critical Incident Stress and Compassion Fatigue [PDF]: 7-page Adobe file with informative links to trauma help sites.

AACN Resources for Nurse Managers

• The AACN Procedure Manual, 5th ed. (Product #128150) is an invaluable, must-have resource for every critical care and telemetry unit. You may order through AACN Customer Service Department at (800) 899-2226 or from AACN's Online Bookstore.

  • View and Download Sample Chapter Chapter 14 of Unit 1 – Oxygen Saturation Monitoring by Pulse Oximetry [PDF]: Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive monitoring technique used to estimate the measurement of arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) of hemoglobin.

In the AACN Bookstore

• 4A's to Rise Above Moral Distress Toolkit (Product # 140332) [CD-ROM]

  Facilitator's Instruction Manual
  Case Studies
  Participants Guide
  PowerPoint Presentation
  Poster

• Introduction to Management and Leadership for Nurse Managers, 3rd ed. (Product #128628): This book is designed for management development of professional nurses in the 21st century. Provides theoretical and practical knowledge that will aid clinical nurse managers in meeting the demands of constantly changing patient care services, including budgeting, staffing and collective bargaining.

Upcoming Conferences

• National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition – May 19-24, 2012

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