FAONL Spotlight: Lee Galuska

Dr. Lee Galuska is an accomplished nurse leader, scholar, educator, active AONL member, and Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. Most recently, Lee served as the Executive Director for the UCLA Health Center for Nursing Excellence, leading the hospitals to multiple successful Magnet designations.

Passionate about effective nursing leadership to support nursing excellence, Lee created and successfully implemented an evidence-based approach to leadership development. This approach equips nurse leaders to cultivate practice environments that foster nurse well-being, including the experience of meaning and joy in work. Consistent success implementing this model in practice settings, along with her research describing the experience of meaning, joy and contributing factors, have enabled Lee to expand her impact through international dissemination into academic and practice settings, and professional nursing organizations.