Brown, AngelaCrookes, PatrickDewing, Jan2018-06-292018-06-292015-10-22Brown, A., Crookes, P. and Dewing, J. (2015) ‘Clinical leadership in pre-registration nursing programmes – an international literature review’, Contemporary Nurse, 51(1), pp. 39–55. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2015.1095055.1037-6178http://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2015.1095055https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/4344Background: Clinical leadership and the safety, quality and efficiency of patient/client care are inextricably linked in government reports, major inquiries and the professional literature. Objectives: This review explores the literature on clinical leadership development within preregistration nursing programmes. Method: The literature retrieved from a scoping review was evaluated to identify what is already published on the development of clinical leadership within pre-registration nursing programmes. Twenty-seven publications matched the inclusion criteria and were included in this review, 14 journal articles, one thesis and 11 chapters within one book were analysed and three themes were identified: clinical leadership; curriculum content and pedagogy. Results and main outcomes: This review identified a paucity of literature specifically relating to clinical leadership and pre-registration nursing programmes and what is available is inconclusive and unconvincing. Conclusions: Academics, curriculum development leaders and accreditation bodies have a responsibility to influence how nurses are prepared for the profession as such clinical leadership and the new graduate should be considered an area of greater importance. 2015 Taylor & Francis.39-55articlehttp://doi:10.1080/10376178.2015.1095055