Elevating nursing leadership at the bedside

摘要

If we are to achieve healthy work environments that produce competent nurse leaders at the unit level, care must be taken now to ensure a talent pool of nurse leaders for the future. When nurses at the bedside share in the decision-making authority in their work environments, front-line leadership emerges. Growing talent from within at organizational, microsystem, and corporate strategy levels is important for succession. By investing in our front-line nurses, we can enhance leadership at all levels within the healthcare system and enable nurses to be well-positioned in effecting transformational change.