(Feldman & Greenberg, 2005, p. 67) Staffing coordinators, often nurse leaders must seek to give priority to educational needs as a reason for adjusting and/or making schedules for staff, including offering incentives to staff not currently seeking educational goals for assisting in this priority regardless of the implementation of a tuition reimbursement program. (Feldman & Greenberg, 2005, p. 233)

Nurse Leaders as Academic Theorists

The fact that many nurse leaders serve as the fundamental sources for new and emerging nursing paradigms and theories cannot be ignored in this review. The theories associated with nursing are as diverse as nurses themselves and serve several purposes. With regard to nurse recruitment and the role that nursing theory and paradigm plays in it, nurse leaders serve to espouse theory through mentorship and training that helps individuals see their future intrinsic role in nursing. To explain this role a brief discussion of nursing theory...
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