title: Creating tomorrow's leaders today: the Emerging Nurse Leaders Program of the Texas Nurses Association.
abstract: The Texas Nurses Association initiated an Emerging Nurse Leaders Program as an approach to engaging new nurses in the leadership of the professional association. This article explains the program's origin, the commitment of the Texas Nurses Association to this process, the implementation of the plan, and the discussions that launched a new way of connecting leaders across generations. Further, it is an approach that any professional organization can use to encourage the involvement of new leaders.
authors.affiliation: College of Health Sciences and Human Services, Minnie Rhea Wood Professor of Nursing, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sportsman
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wieck
authors.forename: Patricia S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Yoder-Wise
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Light
authors.forename: Clair
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013781:Texas