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Specialist nurses who have acquired specific expertise are often expected to demonstrate clinical leadership within their teams. They must therefore be suitably prepared for this during their training., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)

France needs to meet numerous public health challenges and maintain universal cover for its population. It is nevertheless surprising to observe that the development of nursing leadership, which is an effective strategy in numerous other countries, is not a priority in France. Faced with this observation, it is important to clarify this concept with the help of extensive foreign scientific literature in order to envisage how its practice can be boosted with the aim of obtaining similar benefits to those evaluated in other national contexts., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)

Clinical leadership is expected of advanced practice nurses with regard to their scope of competencies. The effective implementation of this competency within the teams requires management support. It is a first step towards the reinforcement of clinical leadership in France., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)

The largest health profession in terms of the number of employees, nurses are affected by the decisions taken with regard to their professional group but they also want to be involved in the decision-making processes relating to healthcare issues. In these negotiations, the task of professional nursing organisations is to demonstrate professional leadership., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)

To fulfil the objectives set out for nursing teams, synergy needs to be created between managerial leadership and clinical leadership. The desire must be present, but specific skills also need to be developed both in nursing training and management training., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)