The Irish healthcare system and healthcare professionals are confronted continually by workforce challenges, crucial decisions that have life or death consequences, changing patient expectations and demands, financial constraints, time pressures, issues related to quality and safety, politics and scrutiny. The importance of effective clinical leadership in addressing these demands and ensuring a high quality safe healthcare system has been proven through research, reiterated by thought leaders and healthcare professionals alike and cited in government reports in many countries. The HSE encourages staff members to seek coaching because Professional Coaching brings many benefits; fresh perspectives on personal challenges, enhanced decision-making skills, greater interpersonal effectiveness, and increased confidence. History books and records are littered with biographies of the heroes of nursing; nurses whose leadership changed their world and ours by extension.  From the midwives who attended royalty across Europe in the 14th Century, to the many who were burned at the stake … Continue reading Leadership Development for Nurses – 10 CEUs