Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Why You Should Dare to Disagree

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “The biggest catastrophes that we've witnessed rarely come from information that is secret or hidden. It comes from information that is freely available and out there, but that we are willfully blind to.”  Margaret Hefferman I attended a class early in my leadership career where we watched the film The Abilene Paradox.   The film involves … [Read more...]

Five Ways to be a More Effective Nurse Leader in a Complex World

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that we used when we created them."  Albert Einstein A nurse leader recently presented an interesting dilemma to me.  One of his young staff nurses was thinking about buying a home.  She came to him and wanted to be certain that her job was secure and her hours would not be cut before … [Read more...]

Achieving the Best Care at Lower Cost

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"Health care in America has experienced an explosion in knowledge, innovation and capacity to manage previously fatal conditions.  Yet, paradoxically, it falls short on such fundamentals as quality, outcomes, costs and equity."   IOM Report on Best Care at Lower Cost By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN   The business of caring has become both complex and expensive.  … [Read more...]

The Nursing Leadership Dilemma with 30 Day Readmissions of Medicare Patients

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Over 2000 hospitals in the United States received some very bad news last week about their future reimbursement from Medicare.  They will be penalized by the government on Medicare reimbursement during 2013 because many of their patients are being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge.  These penalties have been … [Read more...]

Why Nurse Leader Succession Planning Matters

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By Rose O. Sherman, RN, EdD, FAAN This summer in collaboration with editors at the journal OR Manager, I have been conducting a survey of Perioperative Nurse Leaders to determine their viewpoints about succession planning.  Many nurse leaders believe that the perioperative area will be the first to experience a serious nursing leadership shortage.  The results of this survey … [Read more...]