Nursing : a new paradigm / Martin Alpert -- Nursing eadership in an era of collaboration / Amy V. Blue -- Leading change : perspectives from a university president / Carol A. Cartwright -- A call to leadership / Michael Collins -- Lessons learned from the nurse in charge / Arthur G. Cosby -- An economist's perspective on nurse research leadership / Jerry Cromwell -- The essence of excellent healthcare delivery / Michael Dowling -- Hiring Nursing leadership lessons : an association executive's perspective / Wylecia Wiggs Harris -- Philanthropy and nursing leadership / Kate Judge -- Nursing leadership : perspectives from a congressman / Steven C. Latourette -- Nursing leadership : the symphony conductor / Johnnie Maier -- Nursing leadership : as it should be / Shawn D. Mathis -- Nursing leadership : pushing Ohio slowly forward / Joan Mazzolini -- Perspectives on nursing leadership from a physician CEO / David C. Pate -- Nurses as interdisciplinary collaborators : a pharmacist's view / Al Patterson -- "Nursing" is not just about nurses nor is leadership about leaders / Scott Reistad -- Nurse leadership / Anne Rosewarne -- Nursing, health reform, and the achievement of better health for all people / Barry H. Smith -- Nurse leadership in the managed care setting / Derek Van Amerongen -- Advancing the transformational nurse leader in an optimal healthcare system / Steven A. Wartman -- Perspectives from a friend of nursing / Louise Woerner -- Closing thoughts on nursing leadership from the present into the future perspectives from a collaborative team / Victor J. Dzau and Catherine L. Gillis -- Summary and future directions / Greer Glazer and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick