This Global Nursing Leadership Toolkit was developed by the Atlantis Programme, a joint collaboration between nursing leaders from the European Union and United States, to help nurses become effective leaders. In this tookit, there are key benchmarks that the Atlantis partners identified as being important for global nursing leaders to demonstrate. Benchmarks are organized by topic, and for each topic, resources are provided to aid in their development.

Key Benchmarks for Global Nursing Leadership

• Moral and Ethical Agency
• (Inter)Personal Qualities
• Strategic and Systems Skills
• Knowledge Management and Decision Making Skills
• Patient Safety
• Workforce Development
• Quality Improvement

Programs for the Nursing Leader and Executive

Many schools and organizations offer leadership programs that can help nurses develop the above competencies. Included below are a few examples of these programs that are in the United States.

• Center for the Health Professions at the University of California, San Francisco (Leadership Programs)
• Penn Nursing Science (Leadership Programs)
• Higher Education Resource Services (Website)