CNEs who can fulfill this new transformational leadership vision by embracing
informatics competencies will take the lead and assume pivotal clinical transformation
roles in 21st century health care systems. CNEs who adopt informatics competencies
and implement TL leadership behaviours will position nurses and the nursing
profession to achieve its preferred future. A future where nurses are perceived by
patients and professionals alike as knowledge workers, providing the leadership
essential to quality care, and demonstrating nursing’s unique contributions to fiscal
health through clinically relevant, evidenced based practices [28].