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Leadership in Nursing: Experiences from the European Nordic Countries

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This chapter provides introduction on leadership in nursing in Nordic countries, the relevance of a book focusing on leadership, nursing and the Nordic countries. It discusses the importance of leadership for nurses in all arenas of nursing and healthcare. Further it touches on the societal developments which influence nursing from the days of Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) and links in with the development of nursing in the Nordic countries with focus on education, research, educational reforms and organization of healthcare. At last it provides an overview of the organization of the different chapters and introduces the reader to the structure and content of Leadership and Nursing Science in the Nordic countries.

Nurses must be leaders who learn and help others to learn

—Florence Nightingale (1820–1910).

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  1. Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

    Thóra B. Hafsteinsdóttir

  2. Nursing Science, Julius Center of Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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    Thóra B. Hafsteinsdóttir

  2. School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

    Helga Jónsdóttir

  3. Department of Nursing Science, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Olso, Norway

    Marit Kirkevold

  4. Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Helena Leino-Kilpi

  5. Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Kirsten Lomborg

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Hafsteinsdóttir, T.B. (2019). Introduction on Leadership, Nursing and the Nordic Countries. In: Hafsteinsdóttir, T., Jónsdóttir, H., Kirkevold, M., Leino-Kilpi, H., Lomborg, K., Rahm Hallberg, I. (eds) Leadership in Nursing: Experiences from the European Nordic Countries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10964-6_1

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