Developing and Sustaining Nursing Leadership Tips and Tools & Point-of-Care Leadership Tips and Tools for Nurses tool describes evidence-based practices that nurses performing both formal and informal nursing leadership roles can use to enhance their skills. The brochure reviews The Five Practices of Transformational Leader and should be used with Developing and Sustaining Nursing Leadership (2013) best practice guideline.

Leadership practices are relationship-based and are fundamental for transforming nurses’ work settings into healthy work environments. These practices can apply to all nursing roles and levels of leadership. Point-of-care nurses who may not think of themselves as leaders will find meaningful examples of leadership at the point-of-care.