Through a glass darkly: reflections on change in health care, nursing, and blue ribbon committees.

The confluence of the Future of Nursing report and the calls for comprehensive reform of the health care system in the United States presents a unique opportunity for nursing to redefine its leadership role. This redefinition should be mindful of those places where nursing has and does provide leadership and the unique set of competencies that every nurse possesses that can be focused on leadership work. Copyright 2011, SLACK Incorporated.