Nursing Leadership at Its Visionary Best

Nursing Leadership at Its Visionary Best

　Florence Nightingale was the modern nurse and statistician who recognized the importance of collecting and reporting data and the impact of nursing care on patient outcome. She was a visionary leader. Visionary leadership recognizes the important of paving the path, when no path may exist. The American Nurses Association (ANA) had this vision when establishing a national nursing database. This article will review that visionary history and its subsequent benefit two decades later.

　Florence Nightingale was the modern nurse and statistician who recognized the importance of collecting and reporting data and the impact of nursing care on patient outcome. She was a visionary leader. Visionary leadership recognizes the important of paving the path, when no path may exist. The American Nurses Association (ANA) had this vision when establishing a national nursing database. This article will review that visionary history and its subsequent benefit two decades later.