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Ward sisters: inspiring staff and leading by example

01 April 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

Many ward sisters and charge nurses believe that they are not given the appropriate authority to fulfil their roles adequately. This article reports on Nursing...

Leadership challenge

25 August 2010

Nursing Standard

Feature

Nursing Standard’s Power to Care campaign aims to boost the authority and status of ward sisters and charge nurses. Here we examine how nurses in Milton Keynes are...

Tensions within management roles in healthcare organisations

Nursing Management

evidence & practice

Aim Aim This article reports the results of a study that gives an insight into ward leaders' perspectives of their leadership role and explores how they deliver...

Sister’s champion

06 January 2010

Nursing Standard

Feature

Pioneering research undertaken by Susan Pembrey in the 1970s has been affirmed by a recent report into the ward sister’s role.

Implementing supervisory status for senior charge nurses

19 November 2014

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article is the fourth in a series of seven articles relating to the implementation of Leading Better Care (LBC). It describes two projects that were undertaken...