Philippine Nurses Association of America's Innovative Leadership Development Program: Community-Led Model for Nurse Leader Development and Chapter Governance

Authors

• Mary Dioise Ramos, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow
• Leli Pedro Drake, Professor Emerita, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
• Ma Milani Zabala, Utilization Review Clinical Case Manager, University of California Davis Health Medical Center, Sacramento, California.
• Manny Ramos, Professor of Nursing, Valencia College, Orlando, Florida.
• Marlon Garzo Saria, President, Philippine Nurses Association of America, Inc, New Jersey.
• Lorraine S. Evangelista, Professor Emeritus, University of California Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, Irvine, California.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2026

Publication Title

Nurse leader

Abstract

The Philippine Nurses Association of America developed the Innovative Leadership Development Program to strengthen chapter governance and build a culturally grounded pipeline of nurse leaders. A mixed-methods evaluation of the 2025 cohort (n=40) used standardized postcourse surveys and thematic analysis of open responses. Findings show high satisfaction and recommendation rates, self-reported gains in leadership, communication, project management, and financial stewardship, and strong value placed on SOAR analysis and the Project Management Plan; participants cited time constraints and requested more live interaction and coaching. Innovative Leadership Development Program is a replicable, community-led model for scalable leadership development.

PubMed ID

41959731

Volume

24

Issue

2

Publisher

Elsevier

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Ramos, Mary Dioise; Drake, Leli Pedro; Zabala, Ma Milani; Ramos, Manny; Saria, Marlon Garzo; and Evangelista, Lorraine S., "Philippine Nurses Association of America's Innovative Leadership Development Program: Community-Led Model for Nurse Leader Development and Chapter Governance" (2026). School of Nursing Faculty Publications. 118.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/son_facpubs/118
10.1016/j.mnl.2025.102626