Leadership in Nursing: Experiences from the European Nordic Countries

Dr. Thóra B. Hafsteinsdóttir, RN, PhD, is a professor of nursing at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland and a senior researcher at the Department of Nursing Science, Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, and Department of Health care at the University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht the Netherlands. Since 2014 she is a director of the Board of Directors of Sigma Theta Tau International, honor society of nursing international. Dr. Hafsteinsdóttir received her BSc degree in 1984 from University of Iceland, her MSc in 1994 from University of Wales and her PhD in 2003 from University of Utrecht. Her research has focused on nursing rehabilitation of patients with stroke and on leadership research, PhD education and leadership development of nurses. She chairs the Dutch Leadership Mentoring in Nursing Research for postdoctoral nurses and the Nursing Leadership Educational Program for Doctoral Nursing Students and Postdoctoral Nurses in Europe, the Nurse-Lead project, a collaboration between seven partners in six European countries which include Iceland, Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Lithuania and Portugal. Dr. Hafsteinsdóttir serves on numerous national and international committees. She gives lectures nationally and internationally. Her recent research received funding from the Research Fund of the University of Iceland, NordForsk, the Nordic Economic and Social Research Council, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, ZonMw and the Erasmus + Programme. Dr. Kirsten Lomborg, RN, MScN, PhD is a professor at Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and from 2018 partly employed at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Denmark. She received her registered nursing certificate in 1980 and has continued to qualify for the highest level of education in nursing science combined with several supplementary educations in didactics, leadership, and research management. From 2007 to 2012 Kirsten Lomborg was the head of Section for Nursing at Aarhus University, Denmark. Throughout her career, she has strived for the connection between nursing theory and practice and close collaboration between clinical practice, education, research and management. In 2013 she was appointed professorship with special responsibility in patient involvement. This responsibility has since been her driving force and has resulted in several national contributions and international publications along with the establishment and lead of the Research Programme in Patient Involvement at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Her research interests include person-centred care, shared decision-making, self-management support, and personal care planning, often combined with new technical and structural solutions where patient-reported outcome measures form an important element of developing value-based healthcare that works on the users' premises. Dr. Helena Leino-Kilpi, RN, PhD is a professor and chair, Head of the Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Faculty of Medicine, and Nurse director (part-time) in Turku University Hospital in Finland. She is nationally and internationally well-known expert in the field of nursing and health sciences, a registered nurse with clinical expertise in surgical-intensive nursing care, MEd and PhD in nursing science. Main teaching area of Helena Leino-Kilpi is health care and nursing ethics. She has supervised more than 50 graduated PhDs in nursing science, has been chairing years the Finnish National Doctoral Network in Nursing Science, taught research ethics in the European Academy of Nursing Science and is a member of the management board of the Baltic Sea Region Doctoral Network. Her research is in three main areas, in health care and nursing ethics, clinical nursing and health care education. Her research is strongly international and she has published around 500 scientific, referee-based publications. She has several international and national ac

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Section I. Nursing Leadership in Denmark.- Chapter 2. The State of Nursing Science in Denmark.- Chapter 3. Evidence-Based Clinical Practice.- Chapter 4. Higher Education in Nursing in a Changing Danish Society.- Chapter 5. Pioneers in an Old Culture. Developing and Leading A Research and Development Capacity Building Program.- Section II. Nursing leadership in Finland.- Chapter 6.  State of Nursing Science in Finland.- Chapter 7: Leading Evidence-Based Practice in Finish Health Care.- Chapter 8: Nursing education and nurse education research in Finland.- Chapter 9. Professional Practice Competence Framework for the Nurse Leader.- Section III.  Nursing leadership in Iceland.- Chapter 10.  State of Leadership in Nursing Science in Iceland.- Chapter 11. Complexity Leadership in the Collaboration between Academia and Clinical Nursing: Searching for Harmony.- Chapter 12. Towardsthe Future: The Education of Nurses in Iceland re-considered.- Chapter 13.  A Nurse-Managed Follow-Up Practice for Patients after Discharge from the Intensive Care Unit: Development, Testing and Implementation.- Section IV. Nursing leadership in Norway.- Chapter 14. Historical Development and the State of Nursing Science in Norway.- Chapter 15.  Research Development in the Clinical Field.- Chapter 16. Research in Nursing Education in Norway.- Chapter 17. Developing a Clinical Research Programme: The Case of Promoting Psychosocial Well-Being in Stroke Survivors.- Section V. Nursing leadership in Sweden.- Chapter 18. Nursing science in Sweden, Internal and External forces contributing to the Development.- Chapter 19. Clinical Practice Project Implementing Evidence Based Practice.- Chapter 20. Nursing Leadership in Transition: From Matriarch and Instructor to University Teacher and Researcher.- Chapter 21. Nursing Research in Sweden.

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“This book is interesting and thought‐provoking. … This book is a wonderful acquisition for anyone interested in understanding global health concepts and current changes, considering the world in which we all provide healthcare. This is a wonderful, well‐written, and innovative book!” (Cynthia Cummings, Doody's Book Reviews, July 19, 2019)