By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Each year in my Introduction to Nursing Leadership graduate course, my students select a chief nursing officer in a health care agency to interview. The students have a list of questions that they ask and then add some of their own. I enjoy these reading these interviews because they highlight the changing challenges in today's health … [Read more...]
Teaching Nurses to Delegate
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of being - Goethe Many nurses find it difficult to delegate tasks to other members of their health care team. It is not uncommon to hear a nurse say that they could finish the task themselves in the time that it takes to explain it … [Read more...]
Charge Nurse Perspectives on Frontline Nursing Leadership
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN This week, I am attending the Sigma Theta Tau 41st Biennial Convention in Dallas, Texas. For those of you not familiar with Sigma Theta Tau, it is an international nursing honor society with chapters in 86 countries. I am attending the conference to present the findings of a research study that was done in 2010 involving charge nurses and … [Read more...]
Leading Multigenerational Nursing Teams
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN For the first time in history, today's nursing workforce is composed of nurses from four different generational groups. It can be challenging for nurse leaders to guide their teams to get past their conflicts and communication issues to work together in harmony. If you are an emerging leader, it is likely that you are either from … [Read more...]
Where have all the Nurse Leaders gone?
By Rose O. Sherman, RN, EdD, FAAN This is a question that we could be asking ourselves by the end of this decade. Even more critical is the concern about who will take their place. A Global Shortage of Nurse Leaders by 2020 The pending shortage of nurse leaders is a global problem. Throughout the world, the nursing workforce is aging. Twelve European countries are … [Read more...]
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