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Stepping into a senior nursing role: what I wish I’d known sooner

Transitioning into a senior nursing role means moving beyond bedside care to lead teams, drive clinical excellence and think strategically. Three nursing leaders reveal how they learned to delegate and communicate effectively, support and lead teams, and advocate for patient safety – and offer tips on how you can use what they’ve learned in your career.

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Left to right: Avey Bhatia, chief nurse at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, Anoop Raghunath, advanced clinical practitioner in acute medicine at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Michelle Nolan, estates and facilities matron, and head of cleanliness at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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