By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In a study released by Incredible Health, 94% of health executives outside of nursing now describe the nursing shortage as critical, and 68% note they would now be unprepared to handle another health emergency like COVID. Their data indicates that 53% of nurses working in health systems now have five years or less experience, and … [Read more...]
Learning From Failure
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...]
Using Gemba Walks to Improve Staff Communication
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
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
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...]
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