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An Assessment And Analysis Of The Complexity Of The Frontline Nurse Leaders' Role, Robert Alan Vos May 2017

An Assessment And Analysis Of The Complexity Of The Frontline Nurse Leaders' Role, Robert Alan Vos

Doctoral Projects

Purpose: The purpose of this research study is to identify frontline nurse leaders' perception of their role, to have them assess their skills in relationship to that role and to identify knowledge needs and gaps that they face in fulfilling their role.

Design: This doctoral research explored the role of the frontline nurse leader. The research was a quantitative survey, non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional onetime study. The survey studied the self-assessment of the frontline nurse leader's role and their rating of noted complexities and challenges in their role.

Methods: A survey tool was developed using thirty statements. The statements covered the …