Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Six Key Nursing Leadership Competencies

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By Rose O. Sherman,  RN, EdD, FAAN Health care environments today challenge the skills of even the best nursing leaders.  Whether it is issues of retaining staff, concern about patient safety, meeting the budget or complying with regulatory rules, more demands are being made of professionals in nursing leadership positions.  In 2002, I was part of a research team … [Read more...]

The “Selling” Aspect of the Nurse Leader Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "We're All in Sales Now - Some 1 in 9 workers still earn a living in traditional sales. The other 8 in 9 are engaged in "non-sales selling." We devote upward of 40 percent of our time on the job to moving others."   Daniel Pink Most nurse leaders would probably not consider themselves to be in sales.  Daniel Pink in his new highly … [Read more...]

The 12 Hour Shift – Will We Keep Ignoring the Evidence?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."  John Adams In a blog last year on the dilemma with the 12 hour shift, I talked about how in politics, the term third rail is a metaphor for any issue so controversial that it … [Read more...]

Where are the Nurse Leader Candidates?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Where are the nurse leader candidates?"  This question came in an email last week from a human resource director in a smaill town who was having little success in recruiting a director of nursing.  He noted that every hospital in his area was having the same experience in trying to recruit nurses for leadership roles.  My advice to him was … [Read more...]

The Most Trusted Profession

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The friend in my adversity, I shall always cherish the most.  I can better trust those who helped relieve my gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity."   Ulyssess S. Grant According to the 2012 Gallup Poll just released, 85% of Americans rated nurses' honesty and ethical … [Read more...]