Nursing Leaders

A Penn Nursing education extends beyond the classroom. In addition to becoming excellent nurse practitioners, students here become leaders and researchers, armed with the necessary knowledge to implement change.

The Leadership Education and Policy Development Program (LEAP) for doctoral students and the Minority in Nursing Organization, open to all nursing students, foster leadership at all levels. 

The Leadership Education and Policy Development Program (LEAP) was created to inspire racially and ethnically diverse doctoral and post-doctoral nursing students to use their research and clinical focus to shape health policy and make a difference in the national healthcare system. A week-long, interdisciplinary leadership and health policy experience, its goal is to educate students on how to enhance personal leadership skills and how to communicate research findings and clinical knowledge to members of Congress for political success. By learning about policy making through program and policy issues, students can transfer their knowledge to health policy challenges and circumstances.