Effect of Leadership on Nursing

The initial posting must meet the following expectations:
• Addresses the TD question in a thorough, substantive manner.
o Demonstrates application of scholarly resources
 Provides relevant evidence of two scholarly resources in the initial post clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
 One scholarly resource must be from a nursing peer review journal.
o Demonstrates Application of Course Knowledge
 Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations.
 Compares concepts and principles from the weekly lesson with personal experience as it applies to the practice setting.
• Includes correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, sentence, and paragraph structure.
• Includes a minimum of two scholarly sources, current within five years, to support information presented.
o Scholarly sources required for the TD must be sources that are separate from course-related sources and/or reading assignments.
o If course-related sources or readings are used as a source in the TD, they must be in addition to the required scholarly sources for the discussion and must be cited following the current APA guidelines.
o If used as a source in the assignment, course-related readings must meet the criteria for scholarly work current, within five years.
o Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the course professor.
o Correct APA format for citing and referencing sources is applied.
The responsive posting must meet the following expectations:
• Responds to at least one peer or the course instructor.
• Responsive postings are substantive in nature, with a logical flow of ideas that contributes to further discussion
o Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the reviewing peer/instructor’s responses, course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations.
o Substantive responses which further the discussion include considerations such as: asking questions, offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
• Include correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, sentence, and paragraph structure.
• When appropriate to the information shared, scholarly support should be included to credit the author.

Reflect upon a leader or manager who positively or negatively impacted your practice. Do not identify the leader by name.
a. Describe the issue and the impact on your nursing practice.
b. Discuss the impact on the practice environment.
c. Analyze the individual’s leadership skills using either the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) or the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) leadership competencies provided in the Week 1 Explore lesson.