Spotlight on the leadership and management of intensive care units

Abstract

This issue of Nursing in Critical Care casts a light on the leadership and management of intensive care units (ICUs). To set the scene for this special issue, we are very honoured to include two thought-provoking guest editorials and a critical commentary from eminent critical researchers and practitioners. The editorials by Fiona Timmins and her colleagues and Gillian Colville respectively provide insightful comments on these papers' contribution from two different perspectives: the commitment of nurses and nursing to the current and future development of nursing leadership and management in ICUs1 and the importance of staff well-being in management considerations. [Excerpt]