BOX 5-2Recommendation 7 from The Future of Nursing: Prepare and Enable Nurses to Lead Change to Advance Health

Nurses, nursing education programs, and nursing associations should prepare the nursing workforce to assume leadership positions across all levels, while public, private, and governmental health care decision makers should ensure that leadership positions are available to and filled by nurses.

  • Nurses should take responsibility for their personal and professional growth by continuing their education and seeking opportunities to develop and exercise their leadership skills.
  • Nursing associations should provide leadership development, mentoring programs, and opportunities to lead for all their members.
  • Nursing education programs should integrate leadership theory and business practices across the curriculum, including clinical practice.
  • Public, private, and governmental health care decision makers at every level should include representation from nursing on boards, on executive management teams, and in other key leadership positions.

SOURCE: IOM, 2011.

From: 5, Collaborating and Leading in Care Delivery and Redesign

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Committee for Assessing Progress on Implementing the Recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health ; Institute of Medicine; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Altman SH, Butler AS, Shern L, editors.
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