NUR204: Week 7 Assignment Page 1
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Assignment: Leadership
Assignment Overview
In this assignment, you will research and locate a current journal article on nursing leadership styles.
The article must be from a professional, peer-reviewed nursing journal published within the last 5
years; and then write a summary of your findings.
Assignment Details:
Perform the following tasks:
 Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this
assignment.
 Research a current journal article on nursing leadership styles. The article must be from a
professional, peer-reviewed nursing journal published within the last 5 years.
 Write a 1-2 page summary of your findings following the criteria below:
o First paragraph: summarize the major points of the article.
o Second paragraph: answer whether you support the leadership style, and why or
why not.
o Final paragraph: discuss the article as it relates to nursing practice.
o Use at least one additional outside source, such as your textbook.
o The summary should be written in APA style format and all sources must be
cited correctly.
 Include the proper file naming convention: NUR204_wk7_assn_jsmith_mmddyyy.

Third Paragraph
– Writing is related to nursing practice and demonstrates analysis and application.
– Writing is related to nursing practice.
– Analysis and application is weak.
– Writing is not related to nursing practice.
– Missing analysis and application.
Spelling/grammar/
APA
– Proper APA format is used for citations.
– At least two sources are included.
– Spelling and grammar errors are few and insignificant.
– Proper APA format is used for citations.
– Only one source is used.
– Occasional errors in spelling and grammar.
– APA format is not used.
– Sources are missing.
– Significant errors in spelling and grammar. Written communication is non-coherent.