Registered Nurse Leadership in Primary Care: Embracing "Every Nurse a Leader"

The philosophy of "every nurse a leader" recognizes that all nurses possess leadership skills and abilities, emphasizing their role in influencing positive healthcare changes, advocating for patients and advancing the profession. This paper explores leadership as a core competency for registered nurses (RNs) in primary care and examines the opportunities and challenges they face in enacting leadership roles. Key opportunities include optimizing the scope of practice, interprofessional collaboration and policy advocacy. Challenges such as invisibility, workforce factors and financial constraints are addressed, presenting a vision for a future where every RN in primary care is empowered to lead and innovate.