Your objective for this assignment is to learn about the leadership styles that are used by nurse leaders in health care. Conduct a face-to-face interview with a nurse leader who has at least 2 years experience as a nursing leader. You are required to provide his or her name, title, employer, years of nursing leadership experience, and e-mail address and phone number in paragraph 1 of your paper. ( I WILL ADD THIS INFORMATION TO THE PAPER). After establishing rapport, ask questions such as the following: Demographic information of the nursing leader interviewed Describe your leadership position. ( USE THE POSITION: DIRECTOR OF SURGERY OF AMBULATORY SURGERY CEBTER) Describe your leadership style. In what ways do you think your leadership style has changed as you have gained more experience as a leader? (17 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS DIRECTOR OF SURGERY) Did you have a mentor? If so, what skills did you gain as a result of that relationship? Describe a change management project that you led and the steps taken to implement the change and to measure the effectiveness of that change. (USE A TOPIC RELATED TO AMBULATORY SURGERY, SUCH AS INFECTION PREVENTION, FOR EXAMPLE) o What obstacles did you face in implementing the change project? Describe how you would use your leadership skills to mentor a new nurse leader. In your opinion, what is the greatest challenge facing nurse leaders today in health care? (This question will be used in a later Discussion Board assignment.) After the interview, write up the narrative of your interview describing the responses of the nurse leader. You should have the following headings in your paper: I. Demographic information of the nurse leader II. Description of the nurse leaders position III. Description of the nurse leaders style and where it fits with the theories discussed in Unit I IV. Description of the nurse leaders experience with a change management project including the implementation of the change and the evaluation of the change V. Description of obstacles a nurse leader may face in implementing change VI. Description of leadership skills used to mentor a new nurse leader a. Discuss the value of a mentor b. Describe what you would look for in a mentor if you were in a new nurse leader position VII. Conclusion a. Based on your interview and what you have learned thus far, is an effective leadership style used by this nurse leader?
