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Implementing Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare: A Decade of Leadership and Learning in a Canadian Pediatric Rehabilitation Setting.

The nursing context in pediatric rehabilitation is that of caring for children with disabilities and complex developmental differences and health conditions in an ever-changing and demanding environment. Rehabilitation nurses aim to continuously advance nursing leadership, practice, education and re...

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Published in:Nursing Leadership (1910-622X) Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 17 - 29
Main Authors: DiMambro, Ana, Truong, Cindy, Strunc, Caitlin, Halko, Roxanne, Andress, Irene, Ballantyne, Marilyn
Format: case study pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Longwoods Publishing 2024
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The nursing context in pediatric rehabilitation is that of caring for children with disabilities and complex developmental differences and health conditions in an ever-changing and demanding environment. Rehabilitation nurses aim to continuously advance nursing leadership, practice, education and research to meet service needs. Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare (SBNH) is a philosophy and value-driven approach that aligns with and enables the advancement of strengths-based rehabilitation nursing and family-centred care. This paper describes the leadership approach undertaken to implement SBNH in a Canadian pediatric rehabilitation hospital context over a 10-year period. We will share what we did and what we learned.