Sommerfeld, Megan, and Park, Tanya (2025) How Direct Care Nurses Learn About Leadership: An Integrative Review. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 56 (3). pp. 99-103.

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Background: Nurses work in hospitals and experience periods of burnout. One of the known ways to recover from burnout is learning about leadership. Method: An integrative review was conducted to answer the following question: How do direct care nurses learn about leadership? Searches were conducted with CINAHL, MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane. After data extraction was completed, 18 resources were analyzed. Results: Based on data extraction, education and mentorship were the two primary ways that direct care nurses learned about leadership. Most articles used concepts from Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and transformational leadership. Conclusion: There is limited research on how direct care nurses learn about leadership. However, two major themes were identified: (a) personal and interpersonal leadership and (b) transformational leadership. Direct care nurses can learn about leadership by incorporating education and mentorship into their nursing practice.

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