Compare and contrast leader roles and management functions. Apply one specific leadership style that a nurse can use to manage a workplace initiative that reflects a current healthcare priority.

Compare and contrast leader roles and management functions. Apply one specific leadership style that a nurse can use to manage a workplace initiative that reflects a current healthcare priority. Discuss the strategies an organization can use to empower leaders and manager and guide him/her to become a transformational leader.

Review chapters 1- 3 in Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2017). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Mannix, J., Wilkes, L., & Daly, J. (2013). Attributes of clinical leadership in contemporary nursing: An integrative review. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession, 45(1), 10-21.
Ellis, P. (2017). Learning emotional intelligence and what it can do for you. Wounds UK, 13(4), 66-68.
Vital directions for health and health care: An initiative of the National Academy of Medicine (2017). Retrieved from https://nam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Vital-Directions-for-Health-Health-Care-Priorities-from-a-National-Academy-of-Medicine-Initiative.pdf
Optional: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Priorities for 2017
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Optional: Roselinde Torres – What it takes to be a great leader
Research resources available from the American Organization of Nurse Executives