The VP of nursing challenge: integrating all patient services.

Restructuring nursing service goes beyond restructuring nursing roles at the unit level. Even the Vice-President (VP) of Nursing role needs to be evaluated and revised, so it is a viable role for leading health care services into the 21st century. This experienced author describes how to expand the VP of Nursing position to VP of Patient Services so she or he can lead patient-care professionals in focusing on the patient without territorial boundaries.