This article deals with the leadership in the context of the management and the education in Nursing with the purpose to contribute to rethink the practice in the health organizations. The historical and conceptual aspects emphasize the leadership as a group phenomenon that involves the system of social influence of an individual on the rest. It analyzes the leadership in Nursing as an ability to be permanently developed considering the organizational, interpersonal and individual dimensions. It recognizes the importance of the group value for a responsible and ethical leadership, aiming at the continuous search of the knowledge, the mutual reliable establishment and the quality of the assistance.
leadership; administration and nursing