Compassionate leadership: does it really give nurses a voice?
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Compassionate leadership: does it really give nurses a voice?

Jennifer Trueland Health journalist

The new style of leadership in healthcare is ‘inclusive’ and ‘collective’. But is it ushering in a kinder world for front-line nurses – and have leaders rooted in a hierarchical style had their day?

When Kate Bond looks back to her early days in nursing around two decades ago and compares them with today, she finds the change striking.

Nursing Standard. 34, 12, 38-41. doi: 10.7748/ns.34.12.38.s18

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