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Nursing leadership is recognised as an essential part of patient care and of the empowerment of the profession. Practising a physical activity, for pleasure, passion or necessity influences our attitude. In this interview, Isabelle Deprez proposes a broad definition of leadership and describes how sport can be an asset in developing it.

The certification assessment is an important stage in the life of a healthcare facility. However, instilling a quality culture within a team to lead it towards performance is a long-term endeavour. This cannot work without the existence of a partnership between the paramedical and medical teams, nor without the support of the hospital led by senior quality managers. The challenge is to not limit the quality culture to the certification assessment, which aims to highlight the areas in which the institution conforms and those in which it is failing, but rather to adopt a continuous improvement approach.

Therapeutic patient education (TPE) is a public health priority. Epilepsy TPE aims to improve quality of life and promote patient independence. Evolution of training and nursing roles, development of personalised support, creation of new tools and including the patient as participant in his course of treatment have modified this therapeutic education. Nursing research projects in TPE are also emerging.