Main description:

With an emphasis on the qualities that have fostered strong nursing leadership, this book provides a unique perspective on the lives and achievements of the most revered nurses throughout history. It is comprised of biographies of many of nursing's most important activist agents of change, with a focus on those characteristics that enabled them to accomplish their goals and implement changes that improved nursing, health, healthcare, and society. These biographies examine the evolution of nursing and society around the globe and underscore the resourcefulness and political savvy these nurses used to meet the increasingly complex needs of society. Using Kouzes and Posner's five practices of exemplary leadership as a framework, the biographies demonstrate how these historic nurse leaders used these processes to achieve their goals.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Exemplary Nursing Leadership
Chapter 2: Florence Nightingale: Where Most Work is Wanted
Chapter 3: Mother Mary Aikenhead: A Life of Vision
Chapter 4: Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield
Chapter 5: Margaret Higgins Sanger: The Law Shall Be Broken
Chapter 6: Sister Elizabeth Kenny: Conviction and Controversy
Chapter 7: Clara Louise Maass: Servant Leader Undaunted
Chapter 8: Dorothea Lynde Dix: Privilege, Passion, and Reform
Chapter 9: Lillian D. Wald: Pioneer of Public Health
Chapter 10: Mary Breckinridge: Angel on Horseback
Chapter 11: Edith Louisa Cavell: Courage in the Face of Duty
Chapter 12: Nurses Leading Change: The Time is Now!