title: Leadership and empowerment: the value of the National Student Nurses Association for beginning students.
abstract: Leadership development has long been emphasized in nursing curricula, but how can it be effectively taught and learned? The authors discuss how beginning student experiences with the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) promotes colleagueship, research utilization, policy development, political activity, and advocacy. Student reflections on their experience illuminate how they were empowered to effect change and understand their social responsibility.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nursing, Grand View College, Des Moines, Iowa 50316, USA. Jlogan@gvc.edu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Franzen
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D007857:Leadership; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States