Billie Thomas was a new staff nurse at Green Valley Nursing Care Center. After orientation, she was assigned to a rehabilitation unit with high admission and discharge rates. Billie noticed that admissions and discharges were assigned rather haphazardly. Anyone who was "free" at the moment was directed to handle them. Sometimes, unlicensed assistant personnel were directed to admit or discharge residents. Billie believed that this was inappropriate because they are not prepared to do assessments and they had no preparation for discharge planning. Billie had an idea how discharge planning could be improved but was not sure that she should bring it up because she was so new. "Maybe they've already thought of this," she said to a former classmate. They began to talk about what they had learned in their leadership course before graduation. "I just keep hearing our instructor saying, 'There's only one manager, but anyone can be a leader.'" "If you want to be a leader, you have to act on your idea. Why don't you talk with your nurse manager?" her friend asked. "Maybe I will," Billie replied. Billie decided to speak with her nurse manager, an experienced rehabilitation nurse who seemed not only approachable but also open to new ideas. "I have been so busy getting our new electronic health record system online before the surveyors come that I wasn't paying attention to that," the nurse manager told her. "I'm glad you brought it to my attention." Billie's nurse manager raised the issue at the next executive meeting, giving credit to Billie for having brought it to her attention. The other nurse managers had the same response. "We were so focused on the new electronic health record system that we overlooked that. We need to take care of this situation as soon as possible. Billie Thomas has leadership potential. In groups, discuss the following: 1. What are your views of management and leadership. Do you believe they are the same or different? 2. If you believe that they are different, do you think that they have the same importance for the future of nursing? Do you feel that one is more important than the other? 3. How can novice nurse-managers learn important management functions and develop leadership skills