title: Education and empowerment: securing nursing's future.
abstract: If nurses are to make a difference in health care, they must break from the Nightingale tradition of a "good", unquestioning woman. They must become more flexible, more assertive and reflective through education.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clay
mesh_terms: D001242:Assertiveness; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011209:Power, Psychological; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom