By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently had a discussion with a group of nurse managers about their dilemmas with holiday scheduling. This manager's story is a good illustration of what many leaders find themselves confronting over the next two weeks: I don't know what has changed, but staff are now much more demanding about their holiday scheduling needs. … [Read more...]

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurses and leaders love to be in control. But right now, you have less control than you want or may even need to do your job. Consider the story a manager told us during a recent workshop: "I feel like things are out of control right now in our workplaces. Nurses are more worried about their own needs than those of the patient. To … [Read more...]