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Succession planning has long been a staple term in the business arena, but it has been lacking in the leadership areas of nursing, especially in nursing middle management, according to Maria R. Shirey, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF, FACHE, FAAN, assistant dean, clinical and global partnerships and professor, department of family, community and health systems at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing.

“There is a greater awareness of the need for nurse manager succession planning, but we are not yet where we need to be,” Shirey said.