Nursing Leadership

Nursing Leadership 36(4) April 2024 : 17-28.doi:10.12927/cjnl.2024.27311
Case Studies in Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare Leadership

Implementing Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare: A Decade of Leadership and Learning in a Canadian Pediatric Rehabilitation Setting

Ana DiMambro, Cindy Truong, Caitlin Strunc, Roxanne Halko, Irene Andress and Marilyn Ballantyne

Abstract

The nursing context in pediatric rehabilitation is that of caring for children with disabilities and complex developmental differences and health conditions in an ever-changing and demanding environment. Rehabilitation nurses aim to continuously advance nursing leadership, practice, education and research to meet service needs. Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare (SBNH) is a philosophy and value-driven approach that aligns with and enables the advancement of strengths-based rehabilitation nursing and family-centred care. This paper describes the leadership approach undertaken to implement SBNH in a Canadian pediatric rehabilitation hospital context over a 10-year period. We will share what we did and what we learned.

 

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