American Sentinel University Announces “Everything you Ever Wanted to Know About Leadership in Nursing” Online Chat Series
Aurora, CO. (September 27, 2010) – American Sentinel University, an accredited online university that provides nursing, informatics, and online business degree programs for healthcare professionals, announces the launch of a four-part live online chat series, Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Leadership in Nursing every Tuesday in October. The sessions will be led by American Sentinel University’s Provost and Dean of Health Sciences, Catherine Garner, DrPH, MSN, MPA, RN, FAAN, and moderated by NurseTogether.com.
In this chat series, Dr. Garner will shed light on four of the most relevant and pressing topics in nursing leadership today – How to Manage your Manager, How a Nurse can Impact Change, How can a Staff Nurse be a Leader, and How You can Lead your Safety Initiative.
“Leadership requires that you can create a vision, and that you can communicate your vision. Acquiring those [leadership] skills is particularly important if you’re going to be visible and effective leading strategic change,” Dr. Garner said.
She will discuss how to develop the leadership skills necessary to be an effective nurse while delivering top quality patient care. In today’s healthcare environment, nurses from the bedside to the corner office need leadership skills for job security, career advancement, operational efficiencies and bottom line improvement. This nursing leadership chat series and corresponding articles highlight the leadership skills that are crucial for any nurse.
Additionally, in Dr. Garner’s new video, she explains the importance of effective leadership skills as well as the dichotomy between management and leadership in nursing.
Registration for the chat series is complimentary but open to NurseTogether.com members only. To register for Everything You Ever wanted to Know about Nursing Leadership, please visit http://www.americansentinel.edu/RNChat. To join NurseTogether.com, visit http://www.nursetogether.com and click Register For Free! on the home page.
For information about American Sentinel University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership, visit our web site or call 866.922.5690.
About American Sentinel University
American Sentinel University delivers the competitive advantages of online degree programs in nursing, health informatics, health systems management, healthcare MBA and a DNP in nurse executive leadership. Its Bachelor’s and Master’s nursing degree programs are accredited by the Commission for the Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The university is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), which is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency and is a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
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Jeffrey Caplan
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