Features
23	Economic Turmoil: The Opportunity for Nursing
	Kathy Douglas, RN, MHA
	Healthcare executives are tasked with designing strategies that will allow their organizations to not only navigate the current storm but position them to be successful going forward.
28	Data-Driven Systems for RN Autonomy
	Beverly Jones, MPS, NEA-BC, Cindy T. White, RN, MA, and Andrea Segura Smith, RN, MSN, NEA-BC
	The implementation of an evidence-based, data-driven system for professional RN role competency development is a key strategy to ensure and sustain a role-based nursing workforce.
35	The CNO's Role in Professional Transformation at the Point of Care
	Karlene M. Kerfoot, PhD, RN, CNAA, FAAN
	The CNO who drives practice by what she evaluates as necessary in that intersection between nurse and patient will accomplish focused and impactful processes that create excellence in patient care outcomes.
41	Teaching Technology: The Challenges of Making IT Work Across Generations
	Cathy Giesen, RN
	Because each generation of nurses has different perceptions and feelings about technology, conversations and training must be tailored to provide the support necessary for each group.
44	Shared Governance: Virginia's Empowering Nursing Leaders Speak
	Nancy New, MS, MBA, RN
	Sharing governance or empowering nurses to manage clinical practice is far more than a structure or model: it is a practice imperative.
47	The Great Divide: The Culture of Bedside Nurses and Nurse Managers
	Ann Romano, RN, BSN
	Maintaining ongoing forums with those at the front lines creates a dialogue of trust between nurses and nurse leaders.
51	Understanding New Graduates: Discovering Program Models That Aid in Transition and Retention
	Marla Thomas, RN, BSN
	Continual commitment from nurse leaders and others within nursing will lead to new understandings, endeavors, and solutions to the issue of new-graduate turnover rates and retention.
10	Leader To Watch
	Elizabeth Nelkin McCormick, MSN, RN
	Maria O'Rourke, RN, DNSc, FAAN, CHC
Columns
4	Editorial
	The Many Faces and Facets of Leadership
	Roxane Spitzer, PhD, RN, MBA, FAAN
6	Lessons Learned
	Control Is a Good Thing
	Katherine Vestal, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACHE
8	The Coaching Forum
	Influence by Choice, Not Chance
	Catherine Robinson-Walker, MBA, MCC
AONE The American Organization of Nurse Executives
17	AHA Introduces Hospitals In Pursuit Of Excellence
19	Improving Hospital Performance—Case Study: Progress West Healthcare Center