The present text has as subject, the care as essence of nursing leadership. The objective was to arouse reflexion on the recovery of care as essence of nursing leadership. It is a critical and reflexive analysis carried out considering the book The Servant: A Simple Story about the True Essence of Leadership by James C. Hunter. As methodology, it was used the contents analysis. The thematic analysis of the results points to the relevance of rethink the nursing leadership based on the new paradigm: the leadership for the care by the care. It was conclude that the care needs to be recovered to nursing leadership.
Nursing; Leadership; Nursing Care