Position Statement on Cancer Nursing Leadership

作者：Julia D. Downing, Angela Adjetey Appiah, Kylie Ash, Stavroula Chante, Elizabeth Eves, Finn Tysoe, Cathy Glennon, Mei Krishnasamy, Ariesta Milanti, Jane Philips, Joanne Power, Winnie K.W. So, Patsy Yates · 发表于：Cancer Nursing · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1097/ncc.0000000000001190 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues、Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership、Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

The Importance of Nursing Leadership Nurses are essential to effective global cancer control, influencing treatment, education, research, and policy issues—at local, national, and international levels. Empowering cancer nurses to lead and take on key leadership roles across the cancer continuum and within different levels of the healthcare system is imperative to addressing the burden of cancer globally. In some countries, addressing inequalities and dismantling professional hierarchies is central to enabling nurses to exercise their leadership capabilities, even if they are not in a leadership role, to improve cancer care outcomes. Although every cancer nurse will be required to demonstrate skills as leaders, not all will be in leadership roles. More nursing leadership roles are needed at national, regional, and global levels. In some countries, more cancer nursing leadership opportunities are provided/available than in others. For example, in many countries, inequalities and professional hierarchies exist, which often prohibit leadership opportunities for cancer nurses. Investment in developing leadership among nurses at all levels is a global priority.1,2 Leadership is the ability to achieve collaborative effort, enabling people to work together to achieve common goals. It is multifaceted, characterized by the ability to provide and deliver direction and support, motivation, coordination, collaboration, effective communication, and advocacy for patients, communities, and o...