Empowering Leadership Guide for Emerging Nurses: Surviving the Shift

An Empowering Leadership Guide for Emerging Nurses: Surviving the Shift provides readers with real-world scenarios and practical advice tailored to the unique challenges faced by novice nursing professionals.

The book explores a variety of themes related to early nursing experience, including transitioning to the first nursing position, understanding the dynamics of leadership and support within healthcare settings, coping with incivility and workplace violence, and building effective teams. The theoretical framework of the text, based on the Theory of Marginalization and Mattering, underscores the importance of feeling valued and supported in the workplace. The book features real-world narratives from new nurses, reflections by experienced nurse leaders, and practical advice for handling workplace challenges.

An Empowering Leadership Guide for Emerging Nurses is ideal for nursing courses and programs with focus on leadership, professional development, and transition into practice. It is designed to help new and aspiring nurses foster a sense of empowerment and community amid the rigor of the nursing profession.