As an RN, I have worked in many different kinds of environments. Some were cohesive, and the nurses worked together as one unit with many different parts that all reached for the same goals. In others, it felt more like the different components, or nurses, spent more time working against one another in a dysfunctional, broken device. I know what both feel and look like, and how to avoid the dysfunction and build a cohesive unit for the department. I have the organizational skills, the attention to detail and the communication skills to lead the department and to earn the respect and trust of all those who work under my supervision.