Nurse Leadership: In Their Own Words

By The Editorial Team, IntraHealth InternationalMay 12, 2021“Most people don ' t understand that nurses can be leaders,” saysAlice Boit, a nurse in Nakuru, Kenya.“Most people may just understand that leaders are doctors, clinical officers, and others like that.”A year ago IntraHealth set out to document what nurses like Alice think about nurse leadership, and the barriers they face in rising up in the profession. We already had a global view, from ourInvesting in Nurse Leadership: What Will it Take? report with Nursing Now and Johnson& Johnson. We then wanted tospotlightone country ' s context.So in the time before mandatory face masks and lockdowns, and just weeks before the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, IntraHealth staff traveled throughout Kenya to interview nurses at different levels of the profession.
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: International Nurses Day Source Type: news