Leaders hold an invitational Think Tank on undergraduate nursing education.

In response to the Canadian Nurses Association National Expert Commission’s Call to Action (NEC 2012), a focused meeting of nurse leaders was convened at (NEC) Dalhousie University in early November 2012. Hosted by the School of Nursing in collaboration with CNA, the purpose of the Think Tank was to initiate dialogue on how to respond to the report’s recommendation regarding reform of Canadian nursing education and to consider potential preliminary actions. The overarching goal of the meeting was to serve as a catalyzing force, identifying ideas about how best to move from the NEC’s report to a design for action. To quote Florence Nightingale, “Reports are not self-executive,”1 and we were keen to support the NEC’s work by initiating a much-needed dialogue.