Write a 4–5-page Impact Report to senior leadership that identifies the challenge, analyzes how it affects the organization from a nursing perspective, and details the new position.

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Multimedia

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Systems Theory and the Fifth Discipline | Transcript.

Riverbend City: Getting Started | Transcript.

Riverbend City: Decision Mission | Transcript. Consider the elements that needed to be taken into consideration as the nurse leader made her decision.

Riverbend City: Needs Priorities Mission | Transcript.

Library Resources

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Grossman, S. C., & Valiga, T. M. (2013). Chapter 1: The nature of leadership: Distinguishing leadership from management. In New leadership challenge: Creating the future of nursing (4th ed., pp. 1–7). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis.

Mitchell, G. (2013). Selecting the best theory to implement planned change. Nursing Management, 20(1), 32–37.

Clancy, T. R., Effken, J. A., & Pesut, D. (2008). Applications of complex systems theory in nursing education, research, and practice. Nursing Outlook, 56(5), 248–256.

Salmela, S., Eriksson, K., & Fagerström, L. (2013). Nurse leaders’ perceptions of an approaching organizational change. Qualitative Health Research, 23(5), 689–699.

Painter, K., Reid, S., & Fuss, E. P. (2013). The evolution of nursing shared governance at a community hospital. Nursing Management, 44(8), 10–14.

Martin, D., Godfrey, N., & Walker, M. (2015). The baccalaureate big 5: What Magnet® hospitals should expect from a baccalaureate generalist nurse. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 45(3), 121–123.

Mitchell, G. (2013). Selecting the best theory to implement planned change. Nursing Management, 20(1), 32–37.

Bamford-Wade, A., & Moss, C. (2010). Transformational leadership and shared governance: An action study. Journal of Nursing Management, 18(7), 815–821.

Azaare, J., & Gross, J. (2011). The nature of leadership style in nursing management. British Journal of Nursing, 20(11), 672–680.

Tomlinson, J. (2012). Exploration of transformational and distributed leadership. Nursing Management, 19(4), 30–34.

Internet Resources

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MindTools. (n.d.). SWOT analysis: Discover new opportunities, manage and eliminate threats. Retrieved from https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_05.htm

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.). AHRQ. Retrieved from http://www.ahrq.gov

American Organization of Nurse Executives. (n.d.). AONE. Retrieved from http://www.aone.org

AONE. (n.d.). Toolkit for the role of the nurse in future patient care delivery. Retrieved from http://www.aone.org/resources/caredeliverypuzzle.shtml

Sherman, R., & Pross, E. (2010). Growing future nurse leaders to build and sustain healthy work environments at the unit level. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 15(1). Retrieved from http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol152010/No1Jan2010/Growing-Nurse-Leaders.html

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ihi.org/Pages/default.aspx

National Academy of Medicine. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://nam.edu

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. (n.d.). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health. Retrieved from https://iom.nationalacademies.org/