Millennial nurse managers’ perspectives on their experiences in leadership roles

Editor's Note

With millennials soon to make up 50% of the workforce, it is essential to recognize how the millennial nurses’ values and expectations shape their viewpoints to consider or reject leadership roles, this study finds.

For the study, a national sample of 25 millennial nurse managers were interviewed on their perspectives of their experiences in leadership roles.

Seven themes of experience emerged:

• Coming into the role
• Learning as I go
• Having the support of my director
• Making an impact
• Helping staff succeed
• Managing change
• Trying to stay balanced.

To effectively recruit, develop, and retain millennial nurse managers, current leaders must consider the organizational and support factors that are important to them, the authors say.