Elevating Nursing Leadership at the Bedside

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.