Leading in the Public Eye

As nursing leaders, we are bound to uphold nursing’s Social Policy Statement, which underscores our professional commitment to society to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations.1 Nurse leaders in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) are privileged to serve perhaps the most honorable population: Men and women of the military services. The VA mission statement is deeply enculturated in everything we do to fulfill President Lincoln's promise “[t]o care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” by serving and honoring those who are America’s veterans.2