A Review of the Literature: The Effect on Nursing Leadership Roles with Succession Planning for the Next Generation of Millennial Nurses

Review of the literature to evaluate the desire of the millennial generation of nurses to fill the gaps in nursing leadership. With this group being more than 50% of the workforce, there needs to be research around what desires the millennial nurse has in chosing a career pathway and what barriers are there to the choice of becoming a nurse leader. The nurse leader is the backbone of the nursing organization and drives top quality patient care and outcomes. To have vacancies in nursing leadership is deterimental to patient care and is a vital role for the healthcare setting. Leaders must act now to evaluate what choices are present for millennial nurses and guide them towards nursing leadership with proper mentoring and support.