In this episode, MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editor Dr. Dottie Roberts talks with Dr. Katie Chargualaf, the Dean of Nursing at the University of South Carolina in Aiken, SC, a member of the MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board, and author of the journal’s new “Leadership in Nursing” column. Dr. Chargualaf discusses leadership in nursing and the traits of successful leaders. She explores how educators can introduce nursing students to leadership concepts and opportunities earlier in undergraduate nursing programs, how nurse administrators can mentor and support clinical nurses in leadership development, and how individual nurses can pursue leadership development opportunities and refine their leadership skills.


Katie Chargualaf, PhD, RN, CMSRN, CNE, FAAN, is Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of South Carolina in Aiken, SC. She is a member of the MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board and serves as author of the journal’s “Leadership in Nursing” column.

Dottie Roberts, EdD, MSN, MACI, RN, CMSRN, OCNS-C, CNE, is a Contributing Faculty Member at Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a Nursing Online Faculty Member at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire, and the Editor of MEDSURG Nursing Journal.


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