Developing leadership and resilience through early access master’s education for newly graduated, adult nurses: A cross-sectional survey

IF 3.3 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Nurse Education in Practice Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104276

Oonagh Carson , Toni McAloon , Sonja McIlfatrick

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Abstract

Aim

To explore the impact of an early access master’s experiential programme on leadership skills and resilience in new graduate nurses.

Background

Succession planning for nursing, requires leadership and resilience development in new nurses. Literature suggests that early access to master’s education can produce nurses with the necessary skills.

Design

A comparative, cross-sectional survey design.

Methodology

A survey using the NHS Leadership Framework Self-Assessment Tool (2012) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 25 (2003) was distributed in September 2021, to graduates, two years, post-registration, from an Adult Nursing programme. Self-assessed scores of graduates enrolled directly onto a non-specialist, master’s initiative were compared with those who did not undertake the initiative.

Results

Findings showed significant correlation between leadership and resilience scores. Master’s participants scored themselves more strongly in six of seven Leadership Domains and four of five resilience factors than those not enrolled on the master’s, with a difference in the overall mean CD-RISC-25 score of 81.69 for master’s graduates, compared with 70.84. Qualitative analysis of examples of additional leadership responsibilities included being in charge, training newer staff and maintaining patient and staff safety.

Conclusion

This study has shown that master’s education, early in graduate nurses’ careers, develops leadership skills and resilience required for new nurse leaders. Investment is needed, therefore, in educational opportunities for these new graduates to enable leadership and resilience development and in creating supportive environments allowing the use of this learning to lead change and influence care delivery. This should have a positive impact on patient outcomes, job satisfaction and aid retention.

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通过对刚毕业的成年护士的早期硕士教育发展领导力和韧性：一项横断面调查。

目的：探讨早期进入硕士体验课程对新毕业护士领导技能和适应能力的影响。背景：护理的继任计划，需要新护士的领导力和弹性发展。文献表明，早期接受硕士教育可以培养出具备必要技能的护士。设计：一个比较的，横断面调查设计。方法：使用NHS领导力框架自我评估工具（2012年）和康纳-戴维森弹性量表25（2003年）的调查于2021年9月分发给成人护理项目注册后两年的毕业生。研究人员将直接参加非专业硕士项目的毕业生的自我评估分数与没有参加该项目的毕业生进行了比较。结果：调查结果显示领导能力与心理弹性得分有显著相关。硕士研究生的参与者在7个领导领域中的6个和5个适应力因素中的4个方面的得分高于未参加硕士研究生的参与者，硕士研究生的CD-RISC-25总体平均得分为81.69分，而非70.84分。定性分析了额外领导责任的例子，包括负责、培训新工作人员和维护病人和工作人员的安全。结论：本研究表明，在研究生护士职业生涯的早期，硕士教育可以培养新护士领导者所需的领导技能和韧性。因此，需要投资于这些新毕业生的教育机会，以促进领导力和复原力的发展，并创造支持性环境，允许利用这种学习来引领变革并影响护理服务。这应该对病人的治疗结果、工作满意度和援助保留产生积极影响。

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Nurse Education in Practice NURSING-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

9.40%

发文量

180

审稿时长

51 days

期刊介绍： Nurse Education in Practice enables lecturers and practitioners to both share and disseminate evidence that demonstrates the actual practice of education as it is experienced in the realities of their respective work environments. It is supportive of new authors and will be at the forefront in publishing individual and collaborative papers that demonstrate the link between education and practice.