“Most nurses are not formally educated about the concepts of governance and do not recognize governance leadership as part of the professional nurse identity,”

write the authors of a new article, “Governance Education for Nurses: Preparing Nurses for the Future,” published in the Journal of Professional Nursing. The authors, Lisa J. Sundean, PhD, RN, Kenneth R. White, PhD, ACHPN, FAAN, Linda S. Thompson, DrPH, RN, FAAN, and Lawrence D. Prybil, PhD, LFACHE, recommend incorporating governance competencies into nursing curricula across all education levels and providing a how-to strategy to accomplish it.

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