Nursing Leadership Across the Continuum: The Nurse Leader in Industry

Nurse leaders are increasingly called upon to provide their experience, expertise, and unique perspectives in nontraditional settings including in industry. Technology, software development, analytics, insurance, government, nurse entrepreneurs in business, consulting, and pharma are a few of the types of industries more frequently utilizing nurse leaders to inform, grow, govern, and operate their businesses. While the settings and skills may be different, the leadership competencies articulated through the American Nurses Association Nursing Administration Scope and Standards of Practice and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership Nurse Executive Competencies are still very much aligned and important to industry nurse leaders. This article articulates those commonalities and contrasts.