title: [Degrees for nursing leaders. Possible strategies].
abstract: The three conditions existing for the establishment of a Nursing Science Degree, analysed in this article, are pointed out as the ones on which relies the urgent request of getting a Nursing Science degree, put forward by the nursing profession. They are: 1) The existence of a Nursing Science 2) Nursing care is now carried out in systems with a complex organization 3) A Nursing degree is requested by the Health Institutions to be admitted to leadership. This aim has not yet been achieved only owing to the political, institutional and professional Italian turbulences.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pontello
mesh_terms: D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007857:Leadership; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education*; D012586:Science