Exemplar
Our shared experience of implementing action learning sets in an acute clinical nursing setting: Approach taken and lessons learned
Ketty Rivas
Quality Manager, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney NSW
Suzanne Murray
Practice Development, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW
PP: 182 - 187
Abstract
This paper outlines the process employed by a Nurse Unit Manager and her senior nursing team to introduce action learning sets (ALSs) to the nursing staff of an inpatient medical unit. During the process, a workplace culture creative visioning exercise was also facilitated.
A key finding of the exercise was that the process enabled others to act while challenging the process and encouraging the heart. Effective leadership enabled staff involved to foster growth.
Keywords
nursing; action learning; practice development; clinical practice; leadership
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