The Great Realization: Nurses Are in the Driver's Seat!

ABSTRACT

The postpandemic health care environment has reached a pivotal point requiring transformative change among professional nurses working in health care organizations. This article posits that the nurses at the bedside, the true innovators and influencers, are most able to develop solutions that will be effective in this transformation. Appreciative inquiry is offered as a co-creative and possibility-focused model to guide nurses and nurse leaders through the process of holding on to what is good, dreaming of what can be, and charting the course for their future.