Leadership—Not for Just a Few!

Woods, Nancy Fugate PhD, RN, FAAN

Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN, is dean of the School of Nursing and professor in the Department of Family and Child Nursing, University of Washington. She earned a BS in nursing from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, in 1968; a MN from the University of Washington in 1969; and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1978. Since the mid-1970s, Dr. Woods has provided leadership in the development of women's health as a field of study in nursing science.

Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice 4(4):p 255-256, November 2003.

Leaving leadership to an elite is no longer an option for the nursing profession. Leadership responsibilities are discussed relative to political will, policy making, nursing education, and nurse practice environments. In particular, the role of the clinical nurse leader is portrayed as not necessarily one of administration or management but as one that manages care at the point of care/point of service to individuals and populations.