Nursing leaders work in a variety of positions: managers in hospitals, directors at various levels within clinical and non-clinical settings, executives within healthcare organizations, etc. For this assignment, students will conduct an interview to explore the characteristics and functions of nursing leaders. Students will then present their findings. The nursing leader must be an RN, have a BSN degree or higher, and be in a position of leadership.Part I: The InterviewThe interview should be conducted formally using professional dress, tone, and manners. Interview questions should focus on leadership style, development of the nursing leader, and current issues and trends facing nursing and healthcare at local, national, and global levels. Students will learn from the interview experience, so take the time to complete this portion of the assignment with enthusiasm.Ensure the individual being interviewed has enough responsibility to be able to respond to the following questions. You will use these headings to organize and present your findings. IntroductionDescribe your education, nursing background, and current and previous positions.Leadership StyleDescribe the leadership style you identify with and most commonly use in your practice.How did you develop your leadership style?How has your leadership style evolved with experience?Future PlanningHow are you working towards sustainability for your practice setting in developing new nursing leaders?To what professional organizations do you belong?How are professional organizations impactful in developing nursing leaders?Current Issues and TrendsDescribe current challenges you are facing in nursing and healthcare (today and in the past 2-5 years.)How do these challenges impact your practice setting?Describe the impact of these challenges at the local, national, and global levels.(For example, if staffing is a concern for the practice setting is it because of a local trend? Is this a tourist community in which the population fluctuates making finding and keeping qualified, dedicated staff a difficulty? Is this a challenge because this type of facility is impacted by local, national, or even global politics and economic circumstances?)Part II: Presentation of FindingsYou may present your findings as a paperPaperMust be at least four pages, excluding the title and reference pageAll options require at least three recent references (published within the past five years) submitted in APA style.Use these headings to organize and present your submission. Introduction: Provide enough information for the audience to get a sense of the leader you interviewed. Leadership Style: Discuss the interviewee's leadership style.Future Planning: Describe and explain the interviewee's future planning and professional development.Current Issues and Trends: Describe the challenges discussed during the interview. Explain how they impact practice and the local, national, and global community.Conclusion: Reflect on what you discovered or learned during the interview. How does this experience impact you as a future BSN prepared nursing leader? Describe related changes to your practice you have implemented or plan to implement as you move forward with your practice and career.

Week 7: One-Way ANOVA Discussion: Research Design for One-Way ANOVA Similar to the previous week’s Discussion, this Discussion assists in solidifying your understanding of statistical testing by engaging in some data analysis. This week, you will once again work with a real, secondary dataset to construct a research question, perform a one-way ANOVA, and interpret the results. Whether in a scholarly or practitioner setting, good research and data analysis should have the benefit of peer feedback. For this Discussion, you will post your response to the hypothesis test, along with the results. Be sure and remember that the goal is to obtain constructive feedback to improve the research and its interpretation, so please view this as an opportunity to learn from one another. To prepare for this Discussion: Review this week’s Learning Resources and media program related to one-way ANOVA testing. Using the SPSS software, open the General Social Survey dataset found in this week’s Learning Resources. Using the General Social Survey dataset, construct a research question that can be answered by a one-way ANOVA. By Day 3 Use SPSS to answer the research question. Post your response to the following: What is your research question? What is the null hypothesis for your question? What research design would align with this question? What dependent variable was used and how is it measured? What independent variable is used and how is it measured? If you found significance, what is the strength of the effect? Explain your results for a lay audience and further explain what the answer is to your research question.