Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

A Blog for Nursing Leadership Skills & Career Strategies

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This blog is for new and aspiring nurse leaders throughout the world who are interested in nursing leadership as career path.  You may be in your first nursing leadership position or perhaps you just became a Registered Nurse but see leadership in your future.  My goal is to provide you with leadership development information that is cutting edge and incorporates best practices … [Read more...]

Inside the Novice Nurse Brain: Bridging the Experience Gap

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN For nurse leaders and preceptors, watching newly licensed nurses struggle can feel baffling. You see a patient in bed 4 showing subtle signs of early sepsis, and your brain instantly triggers an action plan. Meanwhile, your novice nurse is hyper-focused on completing a routine medication pass on time, completely missing the trend in … [Read more...]

When Nurse Managers Get Booed

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse manager recently asked me how nurse leaders can push back against the growing trend on social media (by nurse influencers) that disparages the role of the nurse manager. She specifically cited Nurse Blake, who often makes critical remarks about leaders on his well-attended comedy shows that travel across the country and his … [Read more...]

Developing Red Flag Lists in Acute Care

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN One of the challenges of having a novice-dense workforce in acute care is teaching them to recognize clinical deterioration and, more crucially, to overcome the "intimidated silence" that often occurs in these environments. As I do the Inverted Pyramid Workshops across the country, so many nurse managers have talked with me about … [Read more...]

Adopting a Nurse Leader Coach Mindset

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When nurse leaders ask me today what they need to do to futureproof their leadership, I recommend that they adopt a leader-coach mindset. You may believe as a leader that you already do this, but don't be so sure. If you walk through almost any clinical unit, you will hear a variation of the same scene: A frustrated young nurse … [Read more...]