Constructive advice on specific leadership skills and qualities you need to step up to the role of nurse leader

Wherever they work, nurses have the potential to become leaders at any stage of their career. In older people’s nursing, which often takes place outside of the structure of the NHS, the pathways to, and opportunities for, leadership may seem less defined. But RCN professional lead for older people and dementia Sally Wilson says there are leadership opportunities for every nurse, at every level of practice, in every working environment. ‘You just need to find them,’ she says.