Academic nurses appointed to leadership roles without preparation. Therefore, novice academic departments heads face a challenging environment. This paper reports and reflects on experiences of novice nursing academic heads from Jordan. In this study qualitative design using structured interviews with eight academic heads of nursing departments in Jordan was used. This study reports three issues: the role definition for an academic head, the required attributes for those heads and the important points to consider when starting the position. Based on results it recommends for the institutions to consider transitional period for the academics who will take administrative positions for the first time.
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