Good leaders know compassion brings out the best in their teams
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Good leaders know compassion brings out the best in their teams

Jane Bates Retired nurse

Nurse leaders, I decided as a student, fall into several categories. I feared the older ones the most – the ones who fooled you by their likeness to your favourite granny, and then – wham! – they struck. Nothing a young nurse could do was right, however hard you tried. If they couldn’t fault your practice, it was your hair, or your shoes, or… you get the drift.

Nursing Standard. 38, 3, 12-12. doi: 10.7748/ns.38.3.12.s7

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