Authored by former honor society CEO Nancy Dickenson-Hazard, RN, MSN, FAAN Ready, Set, Go Lead! is an introduction on leadership readiness for students and practicing nurses to assess their behaviors, adaptive competencies and preparedness to assume leadership roles. Each of the book’s 15 chapters includes the description of a leadership concept, followed by an illustrative story, assessment questions, and exercises for the reader.

Words of Wisdom, co-authored by Beth Houser, RN, DNSc, FNP-BC, CNAA, and Kathy Player, EdD, MBS, MS-NL, offers encouragement with inspiring messages and reflections for nurses who practice in different settings and at different leadership levels. Ten chapters in the book focus on the areas of career development, leadership, and renewal. Words of Wisdom will serve as a companion to the authors’ previously published books Pivotal Moments in Nursing, Volumes I and II.

Both books will be sold at www.nursingknowledge.org and other booksellers.

The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support the learning, knowledge, and professional development of nurses committed to making a difference in health worldwide. Founded in 1922, the Honor Society of Nursing has inducted more than 400,000 members in 114 countries. Members include practicing nurses, instructors, researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs and others. The honor society’s 463 chapters are located at 571 institutions of higher education throughout Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ghana, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, the United States and Wales. More information about the honor society and the Leadership Academy can be found online at www.nursingsociety.org.