Nurse Leader
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 42-45 , February 2010

Do Leadership Skills Impact Clinical Decisions Made by Ward Managers?

  • Tracey. A. Harding, RGN, MSc, BSc (Hons), DPSN, PGCert

      Affiliations

    • Tracey A. Harding, RGN, MSc, BSc (Hons), DPSN, PGCert, is a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom
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  • Magi Sque, RN, PhD, BSc (Hons), DipNEd, RNT, FHEA

      Affiliations

    • Magi Sque, RN, PhD, BSc (Hons), DipNEd, RNT, FHEA, is a senior lecturer at the school

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PII: S1541-4612(09)00191-8

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2009.07.011

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