Nurse Leaders play a key role in healthcare quality. The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) provides strategic leadership as the senior executive responsible for all nursing and other designated patient care functions within an acute care hospital. The CNO assumes responsibility and accountability to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care. Therefore, Nurse Executives have the experience, perspective, and podium to help their organizations seriously tackle quality and safety issues (Disch, Dreher, Davidson, Sinioris, & Wainio, 2011). The American Nursing Association (ANA) has identified key competencies nurse administrators must demonstrate to be an
