Dr. Karen Eisler has been a RN for over 35 years. She has worked as a clinical RN for 20 years in ICU and Emergency in an acute care hospital in Regina and for about 15 years primarily in Administrative positions. The most recent was as the Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association. Karen’s master thesis and doctoral research was in nursing leadership. The results indicated that managers’ use of transformational leadership practices can affect the staff nurses’ perception of the quality of patient care on a unit. Her research interest is in nursing leadership related to patient and staff outcomes, quality workplaces and provincial and national nursing regulation.

Dr. Karen Eisler research interest include nursing leadership related to patient and staff outcomes, quality workplaces and provincial and national nursing regulation.