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Features
24	Enhancing Nursing Leadership through Policy, Politics, and Strategic Alliances
	Frances Hughes, DNurs, RN, Jan Duke, PhD, RN, Anita Bamford, DNurs, RN, and Cheryle Moss, PhD, RN
	The development of strategic alliances among key professional leaders in different nursing roles can develop the profession by directly influencing policy development and implementation.
28	Why Take the Call? Working with Executive Search Firms
	Rose Sherman, EdD, RN, CNAA, Bobbie Stone, IACPR, and Karen Anita Thornton, RN, PhD
	The key to positioning yourself for your next career milestone is to develop a strong network before you need it, and happily accepting an unexpected call from an executive recruiter can further your connections.
32	Coping with Workplace Death
	Patricia A. Keresztes, PhD, RN, CCRN, and Gail D. Wegner, RN, MS
	This article describes ways in which staff members typically respond to a colleague's death and how a manager can help staff and family move through grief.
34	Emergency Department Computerized Provider Order Entry
	Donna J. Rescorl, RN, MS
	Follow the example of the emergency department in this large, tertiary care, teaching hospital in central Connecticut to reap the benefits and avoid the pitfalls of implementing new technology.
40	Evidence-Based Practice in a Small Community Hospital: A Beginning
	Cheryl B. Stetler, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Mary Beth Fairbrother, RN, MBA
	An internal type of evidence, consisting of locally collected assessment, planning, quality, and evaluation data, can help achieve the goal of best practice.
44	Six Sigma: Bringing It to Your Team
	Michelle Myers Glower, RN, MSM
	The cultural change inherent in the Six Sigma concept— a data-driven, statistical algorithm designed to decrease variation—allows employees to own what they do and transforms them into great performers.
48	Professional Caregiver Insurance Risk: A Brief Primer for Nurse Executives and Decision-Makers
	Thomas Cox, PhD, RN
	Nurse executives and nurse leaders must remain ever vigilant for risk transfers in seemingly common settings.

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12	LEADER TO WATCH
	Branka Rimac
	Pamela A. Thompson, MS, RN, FAAN

Columns
4	Editorial
	The Next Phase
	Roxane Spitzer, PhD, MBA
6	Lessons Learned
	Setting Expectations: The Clearer, the Better
	Katherine Vestal, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACHE
10	The Coaching Forum
	Introducing “The Coaching Forum”
	Catherine Robinson-Walker, MBA, MCC

American Organization of Nurse Executives
15	2006 Award Winners
19	Report from the First Annual Nursing Leadership Conference
22	AONE Store