The most experienced nurses can be horrible leaders and the new graduate nurse one month removed from passing the NCLEX can have tremendous leadership qualities and abilities. Leadership skills are something that are not given to us when we are born, but something that can be learned and perfected over time. Leadership is important through all continuums in nursing from the delegation and follow up of tasks, interacting with families, interacting with different interdisciplinaries in every day practice. Being an excellent leader in nursing requires the right education and willpower to want to develop those skills to provide better care to patients and improve employee/employee relations and