Nurses assume leadership roles to:
a. improve the health status of individuals orfamilies
b. increase the effectiveness and level of satisfactionamong professional colleagues.
c. improve the attitudes of the general public andlegislators towards the nursing profession and
their expectations of it.
d. all of the above.
d
Nurse leaders participate in and guide teams that assess
the effectiveness of care, implement evidence-based practice
and construct process improvement strategies.
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