title: Executive decision.
abstract: Nursing underpins the NHS - without us, the structure collapses. And nurses feel that even the most perceptive of non-nurse chief executives cannot fully understand the clinical issues that prevent them from working adequately or to their satisfaction. Nurses will have greater respect for managers with a nursing background and will accept proposals for change from them more readily.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cowell
authors.affiliation: Aberdeen University.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scullion
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Humm