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Saturday, 29 October 2011
Learning Objective 1: The learner will be able to understand how leadership skills are developed in high risk situations
Learning Objective 2: The learner will be able to see the themes shared in common between civilian and wartime patient care situations.
The practice of military nurses who serve during wartime fosters the development of leadership skills. Military nursing in a wartime situation requires the ability of nurses to think critically, make rapid decisions, follow through with appropriate measures, and be responsible for the consequences. Wartime nursing requires high levels of dedication to patients, peers, and personal patriotism to country. This presentation will provide multiple examples of military nurses who have become leaders in their profession through their wartime nursing experiences. It will compare those professional experiences to those of nurses in civilian non war situations to demonstrate that all professional nurses are in a war to improve patient care, quality of life, and community conditions. In the process they become leaders. Nurses say “I only did what I had to do”, but they really mean, “I can do anything!”