Most nurse leadership studies have concentrated on a classical, heroic, and hierarchical view of leadership. However, critical leadership studies have argued the need for more insight into leadership in daily nursing practices. Nurses must align their professional standards and opinions on quality of care with those of other professionals, management, and patients. They want to achieve better outcomes for their patients but also feel disciplined and controlled. To deal with this, nurses challenge the status quo by showing rebel nurse leadership. In this paper, we describe 47 nurses’ experiences with rebel nurse leadership from a leadership-as-practice perspective. In eight focus groups, nurses from two hospitals and one long-term care organization shared their experiences of rebel nurse leadership practices. They illustrated the differences between “bad” and “good” rebels. Knowledge, work experience, and patient-driven motivation were considered necessary for “good” rebel leadership. The participants also explained that continuous social influencing is important while exploring and challenging the boundaries set by colleagues and management. Credibility, trust, autonomy, freedom, and preserving relationships determined whether rebel nurses acted visibly or invisibly. Ultimately, this study refines the concept of rebel nurse leadership, gives a better understanding of how this occurs in nursing practice, and give insights into the challenges faced when studying nursing leadership practices.
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An agenda for e-health in Nursing, ACENDIO E-health conference
Dat goed opgeleide verpleegkundigen nu en in de toekomst hard nodig zijn is niet nieuw. Zeker in academische ziekenhuizen, top-klinische centra en teaching hospitals is deze behoefte uitgesproken. Goed opgeleide verpleegkundigen op hbo-niveau zijn jonge professionals, die in de ogen van het werkveld en de maatschappij de juiste bagage hebben meegekregen voor een goede start en verdere groei. Wilma Scholte op Reimer legt in deze openbare les, aan de hand van een verhaal van een verpleegkundige in opleiding, uit hoe zij als lector de komende jaren hieraan een steentje wil bijdragen. Het illustreert het belang van Evidence Based Nursing en vervolgens de toepassing ervan op observeren (van kijken naar zien) en implementeren van kennis (van weten naar doen).
