title: What is political leadership?
abstract: This article is about political leadership in nursing. It reports on the RCN's Political Leadership programme and outlines how nurses can develop and influence public policy. The author attempts to increase understanding of how nurses can improve public policy and outlines the role of the political leader in nursing. She concludes that nurses need to gain appropriate knowledge to enable them to influence policy and practise effectively.
authors.affiliation: sue.antrobus@rcn.org.uk
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Antrobus
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011057:Politics; D011361:Professional Competence; D006113:United Kingdom