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Transformational leadership in nursing and medication safety education: a discussion paper.

October 8, 2016

Vaismoradi M, Griffiths P, Turunen H, et al. J Nurs Manag. 2016;24(7):970-980.

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Leadership has an important role in driving and maintaining change in patient safety. This commentary explores existing evidence and expert consensus to identify four characteristics of transformational leaders in nursing that support sustainable improvement in medication safety.

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