Developing a Culture of Support to Advance and Accelerate Nursing Innovation.

Nurses everywhere are called to seek new and better ways of providing care in the complex and dynamic environments where they practise. The core of innovation is the creation of new ideas and use of existing ideas in new ways or in new settings. Today, innovation and fresh thinking are more important than ever as the world is changing rapidly and complexity is the norm.

Building Healthcare Leadership Capacity: Strategy, Insights and Reflections.

The Dorothy Wylie Health Leaders Institute is a Canadian success story, providing leadership development to over 2,600 nurses and healthcare professionals since its inception in 2001.The authors describe the original design and intent of the Institute and its evolution over the last 18 years as both the context for leadership and leadership requirements have evolved. The Institute's framework, key features, principles, concepts and streams of learning are outlined along with summaries of research on personal and organizational impact.

Promising practices in leadership development.

The authors describe what they have learned from 10 years as designers and facilitators of the award-winning Dorothy Wylie Nursing and Health Leaders Institutes. Since 2001 they have offered 23 institutes to over 2,200 existing and emerging health leaders to promote their leadership development and learning. As well, they have supported the development and execution of close to 900 leadership application projects initiated by participants for their organizations.

Transport of Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki via fomites.

The intentional and controlled release of an aerosolized bacterium provides an opportunity to investigate the implications of a biological attack. Since 2006, Los Alamos National Laboratory has worked with several urban areas, including Fairfax County, VA, to design experiments to evaluate biodefense concepts of operations using routine spraying of Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Btk).

An integrated approach to change leadership.

Leading change has become one of the essential core competencies of health professionals today. Since 2001, the authors have been the key designers and facilitators of the Dorothy Wylie Nursing Leadership Institute (DMW-NLI). The background, key characteristics and benefits of the DMW-NLI have been described in detail elsewhere (Simpson et al.

Building capacity in nursing: creating a leadership institute.

The authors describe the development of the Dorothy M. Wylie Nursing Leadership Institute, an innovative partnership of the Nursing Effectiveness, Outcomes and Utilization Research Unit at the University of Toronto site and nurse consultants with expertise in organizational and human resource development. The context for the initiative, needs and rationale, supporting literature and the coalition-building and planning activities are outlined.