Principle H of the Principles of Nursing Practice is: "Nurses and nursing staff lead by example, develop themselves and other staff, and influence the way care is given in a manner that is open and responds to individual needs" (RCN, 2010, Principles of Nursing Practice). Use this guide to find information resources about leadership including books, reports, journal articles and videos.
Ashton D, Ripman J, and Williams P (2017) How to be a nurse or midwife leader. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Covey S R (2015) The 7 habits of highly effective people. (no place): Mango Media.
Dolan B and Overend A (2019) Leadership and management on the ward. 3rd edn. (no place): Elsevier.
Kotter J (2012) Leading change. 2nd edn. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press.
Kouzes J and Posner B (2017) The leadership challenge: how to make extraordinary things happen in organizations. Hoboken: Wiley.
Marson N (2019) Leading by coaching: how to deliver impactful change one conversation at a time. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
Peters S (2012) The chimp paradox. Vermilion, London.
Stanley D (ed.) (2016) Clinical leadership in nursing and healthcare: values into action. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Stanley D (2019) Values-based leadership in healthcare: congruent leadership explored. London: Sage.
Swanwick T and McKimm J (2017) ABC of clinical leadership. 2nd edn. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Taylor R and Webster-Henderson B (2017) The essentials of nursing leadership. Los Angeles: SAGE.
Traynor M (2017) Critical resilience for nurses: an evidence-based guide to survival and change in the modern NHS. London: Taylor and Francis.
Yoder-Wise P (2019) Leading and managing in nursing. 7th edn. St Louis: Elsevier.
Journals of interest for leadership. Use these links to see details of availability.
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