EXECUTIVE NURSE LEADERSHIP - THE HARVARD-NURSING-RESEARCH-INSTITUTE CONFERENCE SUMMARY

The Harvard Nursing Research Institute organized a national invitation al conference on executive nursing leadership in major teaching hospit als and academic health centers, The conference brought together many of the nation's eminent nurse executives and other prominent individua ls in healthcare to analyze the unique and complex challenges facing t hese organizations, expose participants to other perspectives, and art iculate specific aims and strategies that might be taken to increase t heir effectiveness in lending the nursing profession's efforts to shap e the ongoing transformation of the healthcare system.