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Leadership: A means of empowering the nursing profession
Bede McKinnon
University of Western Sydney, Nepean Campus, NSW
Abstract
For too long now, nurses have assumed an obsequious role in their working relationship with other health professionals. The nursing profession holds the majority membership in the field of health care professions yet nurses continue to be cast into subordinate roles within professional relationships, failing to be recognised as peers. This is despite many nurses possessing unique but analogous knowledge, credentials and professionalism. It is time nurses were agitated to reflect upon their position and be reminded nursing is also a profession. Some suggestions and motivation are offered.
Keywords
empowered, leadership, political, power
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