Nurses can and do drive change and build extraordinary teams. Journal of Advanced Nursing 00 (0), 000–000. The target year to implement many of the recommendations is 2020. Head BA(1), Song MK, Wiencek C, Nevidjon B, Fraser D, Mazanec P. Author information: (1)Barbara Anderson Head, PhD, CHPN, ACSW, FPCN, is associate professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY. Palliative Nursing Summit: Nurses Leading Change and Transforming Care: The Nurse's Role in Communication and Advance Care Planning. Meet five nurses who are transforming what it means to be on the frontlines of care. Citation: Kerridge J (2012) Leading change: 2 - planning. From socks that monitor heart failure to a tool that aims to predict developmental outcomes in newborns, nurse innovators around the world are developing solutions with the potential to change human health. Nurses in nontraditional roles can help organizational leaders cut through the noise because they are able to see things that others are not due to their horizontal integration into the organization. Nurses often have to take the lead in managing change in clinical practice. Nurses, on the other hand, report financial concerns, competing priorities, and a perceived lack of value in a higher degree as reasons for not seeking a BSN. This article focuses on planning the change and dealing with resistance. Nearly 10 years ago the Institute of Medicine (now NAM) published the landmark report, Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which included recommendations designed to improve access to high-quality patient care and build a healthier America through nursing. Yet The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report, released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2010, recommends that the number of BSN-prepared nurses should increase to 80% by 2020. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011. dimensional model of nurse leaders’ main tasks and roles during a change process.

The second in a three-part series is designed to help nurses at all levels develop the knowledge and skills to function as change agents within their organisations. The ability to influence and manage change has been identified as an essential skill for delivering new models of care.This article is the first in a three-part series designed to help nurses at all levels develop the knowledge and skills they will need to initiate and manage change.This article focuses on identifying what needs to be changed and why. Some of the best leaders in an organization may be managing and leading change between the spaces and from the middle.