Karen Eisler
University of Regina, Canada
Biography
Karen Eisler has been a RN for over 40 years. She has worked as a RN for 20 years in Intensive Care Unit and Emergency in an acute care hospital in Regina and for 20 years in Admistrative positions. Currently, Associate Dean, Student Affairs, at the Faculty of Nursing, UofR. Karen’s master thesis and doctoral research was in nursing leadership. The results indicated that managers’ use of transformational leadership practices can affect the staff nurses’ perception of the quality of patient care on a unit. Her research interest is in nursing leadership related to patient and staff outcomes, quality workplaces and provincial and national nursing regulation.