<p>The next generation of nursing leadership needs in-depth exposure to the real world of health policy, its culture and history, including understanding what historical barriers and professional opposition exists to nursing functioning of its training and expertise.<i> Shaping Nursing Healthcare Policy: A View from the Inside </i>directly addresses the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine landmark reports on the Future of Nursing.</p><p>This important work brings to life the practical realties of advanced practice nursing''s maturation and related social change, rather than relying on excessively abstract and theoretical opinions.</p>