Nursing's Greatest Leaders: A History of Activism - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826130070 ISBN 13: 9780826130075

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2016

Synopsis

“This book is perfect for men and women who aspire to lead nursing and society into a better future. It will equally benefit undergraduate students enrolled in leadership courses, graduate students preparing for leadership roles, and nurses already established in leadership roles. [This book] deepened my love for nursing and reinforced why nursing is repeatedly ranked the most trusted profession.”

—Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Adviser for Nursing

Director, Campaign for Action

With an emphasis on the qualities that have fostered strong nursing leadership, this book provides a unique perspective on the lives and achievements ofthe most revered nurses throughout history. It is comprised of biographies of many of nursing’s most important activist agents of change, with a focus onthose characteristics that enabled them to accomplish their goals and implement changes that improved nursing, health, health care, and society. Thesebiographies examine the evolution of nursing and society around the globe and underscore the resourcefulness and political savvy these nurses used to meetthe increasingly complex needs of society.

Using Kouzes and Posner’s five practices of exemplary leadership as a framework, the biographies demonstrate how the nurses used these processes to achievetheir goals. Placed within the context and dynamics of each nurse leader’s lifetime—including gender roles, science and technology, religion, politics, andeconomics—each biography includes a personal history, timeline, accomplishments, anecdotes, and legacy. The book honors such well-known nurse leaders asFlorence Nightingale, Clara Barton, and Dorothea Dix, along with lesser known nurse leaders. By telling the stories of these luminaries, the book showcasesnursing’s rich history and its influence on society. Ultimately fostering an understanding of the very nature of leadership, it provides a strongfoundation and inspiration for nurses to lead nursing, health care, and society into a better future.

KEY FEATURES:

• Focuses on nursing history through the lens of leadership
• Uses the framework of Kouzes and Posner‚Äôs five practices of exemplary leadership to analyze the achievements of nurse luminaries
• Considers the lives of well-known and lesser known figures in nursing history
• Focuses on leadership characteristics that enabled historic nurse leaders to implement important changes in global health care

About this title

About the Author:

David Anthony Forrester, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN,

is professor, Division of Nursing Science, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Forrester graduated with a BSN from the University of Texas System School of Nursing, with an MSN from the University of Texas at Arlington, and with a PhD in research and theory development in nursing from New York University. Dr. Forrester is a widely known scholar who serves as a peer reviewer for a number of professional/scholarly nursing journals; he has published extensively on a wide range of topics, including HIV/AIDS; critical care family needs; aggressiveness of nursing care at the end of life; gender-related health, including health of minority men and women; falls risk assessment and prevention in the acute care setting; nursing leadership; and nursing history. He is a fellow of the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education and the American Academy of Nursing. He is an active member of a number of professional and scholarly associations, including the American Nurses Association, New Jersey State Nurses Association, National League for Nursing, New Jersey League for Nursing, and Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). Dr. Forrester served as the leader for the international faculty of the STTI Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0826130070
• ISBN 13: 9780826130075
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Forrester David Anthony