Leadership Principles and Practices for Academic Nursing Leaders
Leadership Principles and Practices for Academic Nursing Leaders
Today’s academic leaders are expected to co-create positive learning environments and learner outcomes that foster desired patient outcomes, knowledge development, and innovation. Within schools of nursing, effective leaders must possess the skills needed to influence stakeholders, attract qualified faculty, and enhance program growth to meet nursing workforce demands. This module defines leadership in the context of the nursing profession, differentiates leadership from management, and presents a variety of theories, models, and styles for nurse educators to consider in their work to meet organizational missions and goals.
At the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Incorporate reflective leadership practices into your work as an academic nurse leader to ensure a balance of personal and professional well-being.
- Assess your leadership style and identify opportunities to enhance personal impact.
- Apply the lessons learned in the academic setting based on the key characteristics of innovative leaders.
Author: Joan Vitello, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAHA, FAAN
Experts Interviewed:
- Marion Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Rosalie O. Mainous, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FAAN
- Michael L. Williams, PhD, RN, CCRN, CNE
Leadership Development Modules
Sharpen your leadership skills using this on-demand series designed exclusively for nursing deans, faculty, and graduate students. Modules will enrich your understanding of key principles and practices needed for leaders to succeed in the academic arena. AACN has developed this series in conjunction with seasoned experts who offer guidance and practical strategies on how to navigate real-world challenges and amplify your effectiveness. Content is designed to stimulate fresh thinking and provide solutions to some of your most pressing challenges. This resource was developed for nursing professionals at all levels, including those aspiring to leadership roles.
Author: Dr. Joan Vitello, RN, PhD, NEA-BC, FAHA, FAAN
Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Nursing, UMASS Medical School
Dr. Joan Vitello is Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Nursing at UMASS Medical School. Dr. Vitello maintains a 39-year history of nursing leadership in the clinical arena serving as a Chief Nursing Officer at three community hospitals, a critical care CNS, a nursing director, and nurse manager. Dr. Vitello has extensive experience as a clinical researcher and, for ten years, as a co-editor of the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Dr. Vitello is a global scholar, presenting papers on topics ranging from leadership, emotional intelligence, and organizational change to cardiovascular, emergency and nursing issues. Joan served as the 25th President of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). During her tenure (1994/95) AACN had approximately 78,000 members.
Dr. Vitello received her associate degree from Massasoit Community College, her BSN from the University of Massachusetts and was awarded her MSN from the University of Alabama in Birmingham in Cardiovascular/Critical Care. She received her M.A. in Organizational Development and her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from The Fielding Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California.
Dr. Vitello received numerous awards and recognitions in healthcare including:
- The 2009 Living Legend in Massachusetts Nursing by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses.
- The Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Nursing
- One of three women to earn the Woman Making a Difference by the Malden Zonta International Organization
- Distinguished Scholar at Regis College
- One of 60 Visionary Leaders out of 10,000 alumni at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
Expert: Marion E. Broome PhD, RN, FAAN
Dr. Marion Broome is Dean and Ruby F. Wilson Professor of Nursing for Duke University School of Nursing and Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs at Duke University. She also holds the title of Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs for Nursing at Duke University Health System. Prior to joining Duke in August 2014, Dr. Broome was Dean of the Indiana University School of Nursing and Associate Vice-President for Nursing at Indiana University Health for 10 years, where she was awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor. Since 2004, Dr. Broome co-led academic-practice partnerships in two leading academic health centers, at Indiana University Health and Duke Health. She and her colleague, Linda Everett, CNO for IU Health were awarded the highly competitive Sigma Theta Tau International award for academic-practice partnerships in 2013. In 2017 Duke University CNO, Dr. Mary Ann Fuchs, and Dr. Broome were again selected for the highly competitive Sigma International award for academic-practice partnerships. She has published several papers, chapters and books on leadership in nursing. Her two most recent books related to practice setting leadership include Sitterding, M. C. & Broome, M. (Eds.) (2015). Information overload: Framework, tips, and tools to manage in complex healthcare environments, which was selected as an AJN Book of the Year for 2016. Her text Broome, M. E. & Marshall, E. (2020). Transformational Leadership in Nursing: From Expert Clinician to Influential Leader. Springer Publishing Company is used in Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs all over the U.S. Widely regarded as an expert, scholar and leader in pediatric nursing research and practice, Dr. Broome was funded externally by the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and various foundations for two decades. Her research developed and tested interventions designed to assist children to cope with acute and chronic pain, informed consent and assent for children in research, research misconduct in clinical trials and, most recently, ethical dilemmas in publishing and leadership of nurse executives. Dr. Broome’s research is published in more than 129 papers in 58 refereed nursing, medicine and interdisciplinary journals. She also has published seven books and 21 chapters. Dr. Broome has held several leadership positions in the field. She served a four-year term as an appointed member of the Nursing Science Study Section at the NIH, was President of the Society for Pediatric Nurses and served on governing boards of the Association for the Care of Children's Health and the Midwest Nursing Research Society. She is currently a member of the Board of Commissioners for the National Council for Accreditation and a board member of the Institute for Child Success headquartered in Greenville, SC. Currently, Dr. Broome is editor-in-chief of Nursing Outlook, the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) and the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. She has consulted for a variety of educational and health systems to develop leadership capacity including the NIH Clinical Center, University of Alabama Hospital, Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, John F Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia, University of Technology in Sydney, Australia and the STTI Maternal-Child Leadership Academy.
Expert: Kathleen Potempa PhD, RN, FAAN
Dr. Kathleen Potempa is an internationally recognized leader in nursing, education, and science. Former positions include progressive leadership in health systems and in higher education most recently serving as dean of the University of Michigan School of Nursing from 2006 through 2016. She is currently a professor at the University of Michigan. Her research program focuses on the benefits of exercise on fatigue, cardiovascular fitness and cognition in physically impaired populations and the elderly, for which she has received funding from the NIH, the NIH Fogarty International Center, the U.S. Health Resource and Services Administration, and the U.S. Administration on Aging. She is currently funded by NIH/Fogarty to train post-doctoral fellows in non-communicable disease research in Thailand and by the NIH/NIA for studies related to the cognitive and behavioral benefits of using computer-based video conversation in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment. Dr. Potempa has served on national and international expert panels and committees on research, including NIH review panels and RWJF Leadership Panels; as a member of the National Advisory Council for Nurse Education and Practice [NACNEP] and was Chair of NACNEP Executive Committee from 2002-2006; and as a member of the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research from 2009-2012. Dr. Potempa was member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) from 2001-2012 serving as President from 2010-2012. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing [AAN] and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
Expert: Michael L. Williams, PhD, RN, CCRN, CNE
Dr. Michael L. Williams is the Director of the School of Nursing at Eastern Michigan University. For the past 21 years, Dr. Williams has served as an Assistant and Associate Professor teaching medical-surgical nursing, pathophysiology, pharmacology, nursing research and leadership and management in nursing and ultimately the directorship in 2012. Dr. Williams began his nursing career as a critical care nurse and has maintained clinical practice as an ICU staff nurse ever since. He has been certified as a Certified Critical-Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) for 33 years. Dr. Williams served the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses in multiple capacities and ultimately served as the first male President of that organization in 2001-2002. He has received numerous national awards from AACN including Nursing Education Award, Mentoring Award and Lifetime Membership award. In 2007, Dr. Williams was among the first to become a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) from the National League from Nursing. He has received numerous teaching awards including the Teaching Excellence Award from the EMU Alumni Association in 2012 and the 2007 Spectrum Excellence in Education Award in the Midwest Region. Dr. Williams holds academic degrees from Lansing Community College, Michigan State University, Grand Valley State University and the University of Michigan.
Interviewer: Rosalie O. Mainous, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FAAN
Rosalie Mainous is Dean and Professor in the College of Nursing at Texas Woman’s University, with campuses in Denton, Dallas and Houston. Leading over 3000 students and 200 faculty, Dean Mainous oversees the execution of PhD, DNP, Masters and Baccalaureate Nursing Programs, with over 900 active clinical contracts. Prior to accepting the Deanship at TWU, she served as the Director of Academic Nursing Development at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, in Washington, DC, where she led an innovative leadership initiative, and was responsible for the intellectual content of 5 national meetings in the leadership portfolio. Currently in her second deanship, she brings a diverse background in academia, practice and research to her role. A neonatal nurse practitioner, she was appointed by the National Association of Neonatal Nurses to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Fetus and Newborn, co-authoring numerous national clinical practice guidelines. For five years, Dr. Mainous served as the Research Section Editor for Advances in Neonatal Care and was funded by NIH to study cerebral blood flow patterns following pain in preterm neonates. She served on the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Countering the US Opioid Epidemic. Entrepreneurial ventures have included running Student Health Services at Wright State University, and the establishment of a national disaster collaborative for first responders. With a career spanning 40 years, she is proud to have been selected in the 2009 cohort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows program and inducted as a fellow by both the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Academy of Nursing.
Pricing and Continuing Education
$75.00
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The entire module and assessment must be completed to earn contact hours. This module is approved 4 Nursing Continuing Professional Development Hours.