What’s it all about?

The Emerging Nurse Leader (ENL) Program is a three-year initiative that provides participating students and nurses with a unique

opportunity to develop leadership skills that can be applied throughout their nursing careers. Each year this award is offered to five

outstanding nurse leaders of the future.

Emerging Nurse Leader Program fact sheet

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The vision

The vision of the ENL Program came from many years of

discussion and feedback from senior leaders within the profession.

These conversations told us that there are many experienced

leaders projected to retire over the next decade, and this will

equate to the loss of many senior nurse leaders. Furthermore,

generational experts tell us that there are high numbers of early

career nurses leaving the profession.

The ENL Program looks to address these workforce issues

by creating a platform that recognises potential and assists to

cultivate future leaders.

The content

Year one: third year student

Individual focus (self-awareness)

The first year of the program introduces the identification of

leadership qualities and skills. ENLs will identify their own potential

leadership qualities and seek to recognise how these qualities may

be utilised.

Year two: graduate nurse

Team focus (awareness of influence on others)

The second year of the program provides consolidation through a

deeper analysis of leadership qualities and skills. ENLs will identify

and analyse their own leadership qualities and reflect on how these

qualities can be developed.

Year three: launching career

Profession focus (career and leadership vision)

The third year of the program focusses on developing leadership

qualities and skills. ENLs will further develop their own leadership

qualities and apply them to professional activities.

How does it work?

The ENL Program identifies pre-registration nursing students who

have demonstrated a commitment to leadership in nursing through

their involvement in student activities, community activities, student

representation and/or other involvement in the advancement of the

nursing profession.

ACN supports ENL participants through a three year program of

personal and professional development.

The ENL Program offers participants the opportunity to:

> receive complimentary membership to ACN for a period of

three years

> complete a 360 degree Leadership Skills Inventory

> complete a Leadership Capability Workbook

> attend an ACN national event, expos and professional events

in the Australian nursing calendar

> participate in policy work with support from senior nurses

> participate in discussions on professional issues through ACN

representative opportunities.

Who can apply?

Successful applicants of the ENL Program are exemplary

pre-registration nursing students who:

> are in their second year of study of a Bachelor of Nursing

degree, or in their first year of a Masters level pre-registration

nursing degree, at an Australian university

> are actively looking toward the advancement of the nursing

profession in Australia

> are involved in volunteer or community projects

Contact us

For more information: freecall 1800 061 660 (charges may apply) grants-awards@acn.edu.au

www.acn.edu.au

Australian Collegeof Nursing

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> demonstrate leadership qualities and have the desire to grow

and develop leadership skills.

Universities, with a school of nursing and midwifery, are invited to

encourage applications from those students who meet the criteria

for the program. Students are also encouraged to apply.

When to apply?

Applications open 3 March – 29 June 2014.

Our 2012, 2013 and 2014 ENLs

ACN currently has 15 ENLs in the program. This cohort of new

generation students and nurses all demonstrate a range of

personal and professional characteristics aligned with the ENL

program selection criteria: leadership amongst their peers;

commitment to the nursing profession; creativity and innovation;

involvement in student and community activities; and courage and

confidence.

Patricia Fox – 2012 ENL

Sherrie Lee – 2012 ENL

Elyse Taylor – 2012 ENL

Laurie Bickhoff – 2012 ENL

Catherine Ryan – 2012 ENL

Carol Mudford – 2013 ENL

Natalie Sharp – 2013 ENL

Renee Callender – 2013 ENL

Paula Lambert – 2013 ENL

Georgia Corrie – 2013 ENL

Evan Casella – 2014 ENL

Sonya Wallace – 2014 ENL

Meg Bransgrove – 2014 ENL

Anna Groth – 2014 ENL

Theresa Snijders – 2014 ENL

Emerging Nurse Leader Program fact sheet