Leadership involves setting a vision and motivating others towards change, while management focuses on maintaining the current system. Both aim to achieve organizational goals through planning and problem-solving. As a nurse leader, one can facilitate change by managing current operations while also inspiring staff towards a new vision of improved patient care. Transformational and transactional leadership theories were compared, with transformational leadership engaging followers and facilitating change better but being difficult to implement, while transactional leadership maintaining the status quo but motivating through rewards. Illinois' Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act requires professionals like nurses to report suspected child abuse or neglect to the Department of Children and Family Services within 24 hours. The reporting steps include documenting observations, contacting DCFS