Lead: Empowering Clinical Leaders at the Bedside

• The Institute of Medicine Report entitled, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2010), identified the importance of nursing leadership in the redesign and delivery of healthcare1. • Bedside nurses who are prepared, nurtured, and mentored as clinical leaders have the potential to transform healthcare2. • Developing nurse leaders and providing ongoing programs to refine and support leadership skills is necessary. • The LEAD (Leadership Education and Development) program – Comprised of 6, 4hour sessions that take place over the course of three months. – Focuses on developing communication skills to empower nurses as clinical leaders. – 3 cohorts have been completed from April of 2014 through June of 2015 – 2 parallel cohorts are being conducted during fall of 2015