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26	Opportunities and Strategies for Nurse Leader Development: Assessing Competencies
	Leigh Ann Bradley, Ayn Maddox, and Paula Spears, DNSc, RN, CNAA, BC
	One system's plan for implementing leader development strategies that assess leader competencies and consequently build against that structure fostered nurse retention and excellent patient care.
34	Breaking the Boundaries: Standardization of a Competency Assessment Model for All Clinical Disciplines
	Kelly L. Cook, BSN, RN, BC, Carol J. Cox, MS, RN, BC, and Sarah E. Henning, MHSA, BSN, RN, BC, ACM
	A centrally led, assigned, and accountable approach to competency assessment of clinical staff can produce a high quality, consistent process across a system and reduce regulatory risk.
42	Connecting the Dots: Responding to the Challenges of Budget and Finance Education for Nurse Leaders
	Teresa W. Golden, MSN, RN, CNA-BC
	Developing frontline leaders in financial stewardship requires helping them make the vital connection between what they do at the cost center level and the effect on the organization's outcomes.
48	Leadership Development: A National Perspective in Support of Structure and Practice
	Kathy Harris, RN, MS, FACHE
	The creation and maintenance of the right environment is crucial to long-term practice, and the nurse manager whose efforts are carried out at the point of interaction with the environment and the staff who work there is in the best position to create this environment.
54	Developing the Clinical Nurse LeaderSM Role in the Twelve Bed Hospital© Model: An Education/Service Partnership
	Rose Sherman, EdD, RN, CNAA, BC, CNL-BC, Joan Shinkus Clark, RN, MSN, CNAA, BC, and Janet Maloney, RNC, MHM/HM, ACN
	The development of the sometimes controversial Clinical Nurse Leader role is an example of an initiative with the potential to serve as a best practice model in nursing education and health care delivery partnerships.
59	Journey to Nursing Excellence: Building Partnerships for Success
	Paula Spears, DNSc, RN, CNAA, BC, Denise Thornton, DNSc, RN, CNAA, BC, and Laura M. Long, MA, BSN, RN-BC
	Among the partnerships necessary for a journey to clinical excellence are those between nurse leaders and the frontline nursing staff, the organization, academic colleagues, patients, other health care leaders, and other clinical disciplines.
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12	LEADER TO WATCH
	Donna Herrin, MSN, RN, CNAA-BC, FACHE
	Paula Spears, DNSc, RN, CNAA-BC
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6	Editorial
	The Human Factor
	Roxane Spitzer, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
8	Lessons Learned
	Managing Interruptions
	Katherine Vestal, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACHE
10	The Coaching Forum
	Coaching Up
	Catherine Robinson-Walker, MBA, MCC
American Organization of Nurse Executives
17	AONE Announces 2008 Award Winners