Executive Summary
* Professionals expect to be treated as peers and equals to the leader/manager.
* Nurse leaders must concentrate on leading the empowered workforce in new and different ways.
* The rewards make the concept of "herding cats" challenging and worthwhile.
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WE HAVE CREATED an interesting situation. In the move to pull nursing out of the technical, occupational framework into a professionalized workforce, we have created a group of bright people who expect to be treated as professionals, as well as technical/occupational people. Now the problem begins. The health care environment hasn't evolved into the kind of professional ...