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"Connie Curran has truly been a gifted leader and scholar throughout my nursing career. This, her last book, continues her legacy as a transformational leader. The challenge she offers us all as nurse leaders is to sharpen our skills to be influential, strategic leaders on governance boards and, ultimately, to chair boards. The pages of this book are filled with wisdom and practical approaches, from assessment of individual skills to assessment of board skills. Some of our nation's finest nurse leaders interject their advice in the many true-life stories throughout the book. This is truly a must-read for everyone interested in governance, board membership, and influencing healthcare reformation."
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-Linda C. Lewis, MSA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN
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American Nurses Credentialing Center
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"Nurse on Board provides an excellent overview of board basics and trends and is essential reading not only for nurses aspiring to board appointments, but for those already on boards. This book clearly articulates the fundamentals for all who consider or seek a board appointment but aren't sure what that commitment involves."
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-Angela Barron McBride, PhD, RN, FAAN
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Distinguished Professor and University Dean Emerita, Indiana University School of Nursing
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Board Member, Indiana University Health
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"This is an excellent primer for nurses seeking to broaden their influence by serving as a healthcare board member."
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-Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN
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Vice President, Nursing Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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President, American Organization of Nurse Executives 2015
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"Connie Curran left us a true gift in her most recent book, Nurse on Board: Planning Your Path to the Boardroom. Whether you are aspiring to your first position on a board or have served on many boards, you will find Curran's work an invaluable guidebook. Not only will you learn the basics—such as roles and responsibilities of board members, types of boards, or the ABC's of board membership—but you will also explore the more advanced concepts of independence, transparency, compensation, and evaluation of board member service. Curran also focuses on understanding financial management and hospital board service. I highly recommend her seminal work."
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-Lisa Wright Eichelberger, PhD, RN
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"This book succinctly explains the fundamentals of becoming an effective board member. Beginning with the role of governance versus management, Curran explains the duties and competencies needed for all boards—and reinforces why nurses make great board members, which includes our clinical experience, our management knowledge, and our strategic thinking."
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-Ann Scott Blouin, PhD, RN, FACHE
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Executive Vice President, Customer Relations
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"Nurse on Board: Planning Your Path to the Boardroom is an amazing resource for nurse leaders who want to influence the future of healthcare through board service. Connie Curran's voice is still alive to us as she shares the inside story and truth about board selection, service, and success. Connie's words ring true to me, as a current hospital board trustee. She powerfully shares her stories of nurse leaders who are changing the world for the better. Simply a must-read."
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-Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
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SVP/Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Nurse
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The O'Neil Center at GetWellNetwork