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Katie Hughes, RN, MSN, CRRN Chief Nursing Officer Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare The skills we learn as bedside nurses and working as part of a team are not necessarily the skills that prepare us to be good leaders. The transition from bedside nurse to leader- ship was challenging for me, so I sought out various resources to help me along the way. One book I have turned to on numerous occasions is The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations, by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. This book is broken down into five sections that each address a different area of leadership practice. Following the first two chapters of the book, you can choose to read the sections in whatever order you find most relevant. Each section pro- vides an overview, anecdotes of how other leaders have applied the principles and practical ways you can incor- porate the behaviors into your journey as a leader. Irena Zuanic, RN, MSN, NEA-BC Vice President / Chief Nursing Officer PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital I strongly recommend The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology, by Shawn Achor. It is an excellent book for any- one who is struggling increased workloads, with stress and negativity. It explains how developing a happier and positive mindset can achieve extraordinary achievements in our lives. Achor addresses the seven practical principles that have been tried across the globe to help us achieve our maximum potential by capitalizing on what he calls the "Happiness Advantage." Technology has transformed learning and will continue to do so. A recent example is that following an exam, stu- dents are now provided a link to a 3-D review of the con- tent they missed — not just text, but a 3-D visual! Linda Sarna, RN, Ph.D., FAAN Dean / Professor / Lulu Wolf Hassenplug Chair UCLA School of Nursing With California facing an urgent and growing shortage of mental health professionals, three schools of nursing within the University of California system — UCSF, UC Davis and UCLA —are launching a new online certificate program that will prepare 300 additional psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners by 2025. The need for more mental health providers in California is critical. Solutions that include online educa- tion along with traditional on-the-ground support are the wave of the future. This will allow nurses across the state to expand their education without requiring relocation. Lauren Spilsbury, RN, MSN Vice President, Patient Care Services Redlands Community Hospital I am excited to watch our ICU nurses use ultrasound to noninvasively measure inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter. Nurses can use this small ultrasound device with septic patients to ensure that adequate fluids have been adminis- tered and determine when to transition to vasopressors. This is something that was not available in the past. Another incredible evidence-based innovation is in our neonatal ICU: cue-based feeding. I am not a neonatal nurse, so this was something my staff taught me. In the past, neonatal patients were gavage-fed until a gestational age of 38 weeks; nurses now monitor the infant's behav- ioral cues to assess when the infant is developmentally ready to begin feeding. This is bedside nursing at its best. Now, patients may begin feeding earlier, gain weight faster and hopefully go home more quickly. How great is that? CNO READING LIST cont'd.