Download or read book A Charge Nurse's Guide written by Cathy Leary and published by Center for Leader Development. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a charge nurse, one is in a key role to make healthcare work for everyone - patients, families, physicians, nurses, and the others who are involved in the care and healing of patients. The word that may be unexpected is leader. Caregiver might be the descriptive word when one thinks of a charge nurse, but leader is what they really are.