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In addition to changes in nursing practice and education, strong leadership will be required to realize the vision of a transformed health care system. Although the public is not used to viewing nurses as leaders, and not all nurses begin their career with thoughts of becoming a leader, all nurses must be leaders in the design, implementation, and evaluation of, as well as advocacy for, the ongoing reforms to the system that will be needed. Additionally, nurses will need leadership skills and competencies to act as full partners with physicians and other health professionals in redesign and reform efforts across the health care system. The nurse educator role often collaborates with leadership in an institution by providing educational resources and support to staff. In a leadership role, educators empower others through language, communities and genuine interactions. The work of good nurse educators is reflected in those they teach, while the impact nurse leaders have is reflected in those they supervise. Nurse leaders motivate, challenge and move others forward, and so they are educators. Nurse educators inform, encourage and applaud, and so they are leaders.