Empowering the next generation of nurse leaders.

The article urges the National Health Service of Great Britain to help in empowering nurse leaders to be able to bridge the gap between frontline care delivery and higher level organizational strategy. It stresses the need for nurse leaders to understand the impact of leadership styles such as transactional leadership, transformational leadership, situational leadership and laissez-faire. It discusses the impact of clinical leadership on patient care, workplace culture and nurses' well-being.