Actualizing Radical Loving Leadership in Real World Health Care.

With Chapman's Radical Loving Care as a framework, this article shares practical wisdom and habits that occur daily in a busy community hospital to help all nurse leaders to develop a holistic view to shape their vision and embed radical loving care in their connections. The application of Chapman's concepts to the mentoring of others is viewed as a form of love and helps to strengthen not only the mentee, but the entire system of nurses caring for each other. Radical loving care is seen as a far reaching, progressive and humanistic strategy to show a deep, abiding kindness and caring to other human beings in the world of health care.