title: Leadership: a means of empowering the nursing profession.
abstract: For too long now, nurses have assumed an obsequious role in their working relationship with other health professionals. The nursing profession holds the majority membership in the field of health care professions yet nurses continue to be cast into subordinate roles within professional relationships, failing to be recognised as peers. This is despite many nurses possessing unique but analogous knowledge, credentials and professionalism. It is time nurses were agitated to reflect upon their position and be reminded nursing is also a profession. Some suggestions and motivation are offered.
authors.affiliation: University of Western Sydney.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: McKinnon
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007857:Leadership; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017009:Professional Autonomy