Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Learning From Failure

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently did a workshop and a young leader in the workshop reached out to me after the session. She was looking for advice on how to bounce back from a leadership failure. Her story is one that I have heard before from leaders beginning their leadership journey. I wish I had this class before I made some serious mistakes in … [Read more...]

Culture Shock

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I spent last week at the Gallup Work Summit. Researchers at Gallup have been studying workforce and workplace issues for more than 50 years. They are well-positioned to look at data across time and advise leaders on the future of the work. So when they report that we are amid a massive culture shock in the workplace that will not … [Read more...]

Using Gemba Walks to Improve Staff Communication

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Improving communication across departments is often a key concern when discussing conflict areas in leadership programs. With increasing patient volumes, throughput within a facility can be a major pain point in facilitating timely admissions, discharges, and transfers. Nurse leaders admit that nurses drag their heels with ADTs … [Read more...]

No – Travel Nursing Is Not a Specialty

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When did travel nursing become a specialty? It is a question that leaders now ask themselves. Consider the story a CNO colleague shared with me: I was casually chatting with the dad of one of my son’s friends while I was picking him up last weekend. He mentioned their oldest daughter was graduating from high school and was … [Read more...]

Solving Wicked Problems

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Today's nursing shortage is unlike any other that we have confronted in my more than four decades of nursing. The gap between the number of nurses needed and those available continues to grow. The Surgeon General warns it could be as high as one million nurses in a few years. More than 90% of nurses now report working in a state of … [Read more...]