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...]