title: Lean in to our profession.
abstract: Nurses play a critical role in the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based health care. Nurses can "lean in" to our professional by voicing our opinions, contributing to decisions affecting health care practice and policy, and assuming leadership roles.
authors.forename: Catherine H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ivory
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005260:Female; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000639:trends; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000639:trends; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D013192:Staff Development
keywords: evidenced-based practice; leading change; nursing leadership