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The document summarizes the background and accomplishments of Sr. Carolina S. Agravante, the theorist who developed the CASAGRA Transformative Leadership Model. It describes that she earned various academic degrees including a PhD, held leadership roles in nursing organizations, and received awards for her work. The document also provides an overview of the CASAGRA Transformative Leadership Theory, which combines servant leadership, self-mastery, and nursing expertise into a model for professional nurses.

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CASAGRA

The document summarizes the background and accomplishments of Sr. Carolina S. Agravante, the theorist who developed the CASAGRA Transformative Leadership Model. It describes that she earned various academic degrees including a PhD, held leadership roles in nursing organizations, and received awards for her work. The document also provides an overview of the CASAGRA Transformative Leadership Theory, which combines servant leadership, self-mastery, and nursing expertise into a model for professional nurses.

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Sr. Carolina S.

Agravante, SPC, RN, Phd

- She is famous for being the first Filipina theorist for writing the CASAGRA
Transformative Leadership Model. The title of the theory was derived from her
name, CArolina S. AGRAvante.

- She finished her secondary education at St. Paul Univeristy - Manila


(formerly St. Paul College - Manila) as class salutatorian.

- In 1964, she earned her BS Nursing degree in the same school as magna
cum laude. In the same year, she passed the nurse licensure examinations as
the board topnotcher.

- From 1967 to 1969, she studied Master’s Degree in Nursing Education at


Catholic University of America as a full-fledged scholar.

- In 2002, she earned her Doctoral Degree in Philosophy at University of the


Philippines Manila - the same year her theory was published.

- She served as the president of St. Paul University - Iloilo, where she taught
research subjects among senior students.

- She was a former president of the Association of Deans of the Philippines


Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN) as she became the representative in the
International Nursing Congress that was held in Brunei in 1996. A year after,
she was a part of a delegation that participated in the International Council of
Nursing in Vancouver, Canada.

- Received a Service Award from the Philippine Accreditation Association of


Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) for being one of the
accreditors.

- One of the founding members of the Integrated Registered Nurses of the


Philippines (IRNP).

- Currently, she is the President of St. Paul College - Ilocos Sur while
performing the duties of the Vice-President for Academics. Moreover, she
also functions as the program chair of the school's Department of Nursing.

THE TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP THEORY

The complete title of the model is:

The CASAGRA Transformative Leadership Model: Servant – Leader Formula &


the Nursing Faculty’s Transformative Leadership Behavior.
The theory “CASAGRA Transformative Leadership” is a psycho spiritual model. It is
coined after the name of the investigator: Sr. CArolina S. AGRAvante

The model is a Three-Fold Transformation Leadership Concept rolled into one,


comprising of the following elements:

1. Servant-Leader Spirituality;
2. Self-Mastery expressed in a vibrant care complex;
3. Special Expertise level in the nursing field one is engaged in.

These elements rolled into one make-up the personality of the modern professional
nurse who will challenge the demands of these crucial times in society today.

The CASAGRA Transformative Leadership Theory is classified as a Practice Theory


basing on the characteristics of a Practice Theory stated by McEwen (2007), which
are the following:
a. Complexity / Abstractness, Scope - Focuses on a narrow view of reality,
simple and straightforward;
b. Generalizibility /Specificity - Linked to a special populations or an identified
field of practice;
c. Characteristic of Scope – Single, concrete concept that is operationalized;
d. Characteristic of Proposition – Propositions defined;
e. Testability – Goals or outcomes defined and testable;

f. Source of Development – Derived from practice or deduced from middle


range theory or grand theory.

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