Compasionate Leadership
Professional Boundaries as Compassionate Leadership
Explore how clear boundaries support safety, trust, accountability and sustainable compassionate leadership.
Professional Boundaries as Compassionate Leadership
Compassionate leadership is not about being endlessly available or carrying every emotional burden. In complex Healthcare environments, nurse leaders must balance support, accountability, safety and operational demands while maintaining trust and credibility.
This microlearning explores how professional boundaries provide the clarity and structure needed to make compassion sustainable over time. You’ll learn how boundaries protect trust, support team well-being and help leaders respond with consistency instead of overextending themselves.
By building these skills, you’ll be better prepared to lead with compassion and clarity, protect your own capacity and strengthen your effectiveness as a nurse leader.
NCPD Credit:
Upon completion of the microlearning and evaluation, learners are eligible to earn 0.2 Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) credits. AONL is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Your Instructors
Ashley Marston, PhD, MSN, BS, RN, NE-BC
Is the Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Emory Ambulatory Patient Care, providing enterprise nursing leadership across a large academic ambulatory network. She leads strategy for quality and safety, Magnet and nursing excellence, professional governance, education, and evidence-based practice, advancing high-reliability care across more than 280 outpatient sites. Her scholarly work focuses on social determinants of health and quality outcomes in oncology populations, with an emphasis on disparities, prevention, and measurable improvement.
Karla Schroeder
Is a transformational nurse executive redefining ambulatory care through systems thinking, human-centered leadership, and innovative care delivery models. She leads large-scale strategy across virtual care, care management, leadership development, and clinical operations, aligning practice with national standards and measurable outcomes. As the architect of the EAGLE leadership framework, she is committed to developing leaders, strengthening governance, and advancing nursing’s influence across the continuum of care.
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