Nurses are increasingly being called upon to lead changes within health care. How do nurses and, in particular, school nurses become leaders? School nurses lead daily in their work but often do not recognize themselves as leaders. The "Five C's of Leadership"-character, commitment, connectedness, compassion, and confidence-identified by Kowalski and Yoder-Wise are foundational to the development of leadership and are particularly relevant to school nurses and their role. Two additional attributes found in the literature-courage and capacity-also undergird school nursing practice. In this article, we describe how school nurses already embody these leadership qualities. Each leadership attribute is reviewed in light of the literature, followed by specific examples to demonstrate how school nurses provide leadership. Through these illustrations, school nurses can recognize and embrace their present leadership abilities. In addition, by using the "Seven C's" of leadership, school nurses can enhance their inherent leadership abilities.
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J Trauma Nurs
January 2025
Author Affiliations: Penn Medicine, Department of Advanced Practice & Trauma Surgical Critical Care (Dr Saucier), Biostatistics, Hearing, & Speech, Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Dr Dietrich), School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University (Drs Maxwell and Minnick), Nashville, Tennessee; David E. Longnecker Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care (Dr Lane-Fall), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Surgical Service Line (Dr Messing), Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia.
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J Trauma Nurs
January 2025
Author Affiliations: Castner Incorporated, Grand Island, NY (Dr Castner); Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York (Dr Castner); Stony Brook University School of Nursing, Stony Brook, NY (Ms Zazzera); and Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, PA (Dr Burchill).
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January 2025
College of Nursing & Health Science, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
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Diabetologia
January 2025
Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Aims/hypothesis: Existing evidence on the relationship between intake of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and type 2 diabetes is conflicting. Few studies have examined whether MUFAs from plant or animal sources (MUFA-Ps and MUFA-As, respectively) exhibit differential associations with type 2 diabetes. We examined associations of intakes of total MUFAs, MUFA-Ps and MUFA-As with type 2 diabetes risk.
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