Enhancing nursing leadership: Through policy, politics, and strategic alliances

Hughes, Frances; Duke, Jan; Bamford, Anita; Moss, Cheryle

doi:10.1016/j.mnl.2006.01.011

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Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 24-27, April 2006

Enhancing nursing leadership: Through policy, politics, and strategic alliances

Frances Hughes, DNurs, RN
- Frances Hughes, DNurs, RN, is director of the Centre for Mental Health Research, Policy and Service Development, a professor at the University of Auckland, and the former chief advisor on nursing to the New Zealand Ministry of Health.
Jan Duke, PhD, RN
- Jan Duke, PhD, RN, is a professor and head of the Graduate School of Nursing and Midwifery at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
Anita Bamford, DNurs, RN
- Anita Bamford, DNurs, RN, is a lecturer in health care practice at the Auckland University of Technology and the former Director of Nursing for the Capital and Coast District Health Board of New Zealand.
Cheryle Moss, PhD, RN
- Cheryle Moss, PhD, RN, is an associate professor and research coordinator for the Graduate School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.

There are a number of key professional nursing roles within New Zealand in which the incumbents are in a position to influence policy, either as individuals or by being in strategic alliances with others. Strategic alliances between key professional leaders in different nursing roles can help the profession by directly influencing policy development and implementation. This form of policy entrepreneurship is an important component of professional leadership.