As I looked through various topics and countless threads, one concern that many of us voice is how that "Old Demon" management treats us. I have been a staff RN, charge RN, manager, and project leader and was exposed to some of the best and worst in leadership. A wonderful person once told me that, "You can manage livestock, but you have to lead people." She told me this at a time when I was in sore need of improving my talents as a leader. I feel that nursing desparately needs a singular figure, someone to unite and focus the power that nurses possess but let others use at will many times to the detriment of nursing.
What are the attributes of a really good nurse leader?? One that can give us direction and a vision to lead us into the future of nursing? :)