Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

The Impact of Baby Boomer Nurse Retirements

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN For more than a decade, we have been warned to prepare for a tsunami of Baby Boomer nurse retirements.  Nurse leaders in organizations throughout the country are now beginning to feel the impact of the retirement of so many of their seasoned long-term staff.  In a Health Affairs blog post last week, authors Buerhaus, Auerbach and … [Read more...]

Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare

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By Bob Dent, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE (Guest Blogger) Bob Dent is the Senior VP, COO and CNO at Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, Texas.  He is also President-elect of the American Organization of Nurse Executives.  This blog highlights some of the key ideas in his important new book on building a culture of ownership in healthcare. The Invisible Architecture … [Read more...]

What New Graduates Need From Their Leaders

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN It is spring and many nurse leaders are already interviewing candidates for their nurse residency programs.   It may not surprise you to learn that the highest turnover in most nursing organizations occurs with new graduates in their first year of nursing practice.  The RN Work Project  funded by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation and … [Read more...]

Can You Lead Successfully in Every Setting?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently spoke with a professional colleague who had worked for many years in one organization and then moved to a completely different health system to take a promotion.  At the time that we spoke, she had been in her new role for almost a year yet found herself struggling.  She had been very successful in her previous job but it was in … [Read more...]

The Nursing Skill Mix Conundrum

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN My graduate students recently had an assignment to interview their Chief Nursing Officers asking a variety of questions related to challenges in the current environment.  I was surprised at how many of them commented on their concern about recent changes in skill mix in their facilities.  Unlike the historical skill mix arguments that we … [Read more...]