Guided by the ANNA strategic plan, each incoming President of ANNA identifies a focus and goals for the coming year. I have chosen "Mentoring Generations Today for Tomorrow's Leaders" for 2008-2009. This theme encompasses concepts from the ANNA strategic plan goals of recruitment and retention, membership, and leadership.

Four Generations

Generational issues have been a part of our personal lives (between parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren) and have become a part of our professional lives as well. This is new territory for many nursing leaders as they face the challenges of both generational and nursing shortage issues. "Today's nursing workforce ...