Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Managing Difficult Nursing Staff

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Being a nurse leader is challenging today, but managing difficult staff makes it even more stressful. These are the nurses who you dread having conversations with because they lack emotional intelligence and the ability to accept feedback.  My advice is always to enter the conversation with good intentions. We can all be … [Read more...]

Ten Trends with the Nursing Workforce

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When I ask nurse managers about the most valuable content in my programs, they inevitably tell me they come away "very happy to know that I am not alone in some of the behaviors that I am seeing." These nurse leaders at the frontlines are observing what they describe as a significant cultural shift in their workforce. They readily … [Read more...]

Coaching to Promote Critical Thinking

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Onboarding new graduates now takes a village. A nurse manager shared her concerns, "I am shocked at how underprepared our new nurses are this year. While doing leader rounding, I asked a new graduate about her patient, and her assessment of the priorities for care was genuinely concerning. Preceptors are coming to me to say - … [Read more...]

The Normalization of Missed Nursing Care

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many aspects of routine nursing care were skipped during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurse leaders are now trying to do a reset on care as they look at declining quality and safety measures. Consider the story a nurse manager recently shared on a webinar: I have been shocked recently at how much care we now routinely miss. Patients are … [Read more...]

Rethinking Nursing Professionalism

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A blog reader recently asked me whether I thought some aspects of "nursing professionalism" might be racial or generational constructs. It was an excellent point because ideas about professionalism are tied to our cultural upbringing and experiences. Leaders often talk to me about what they perceive as a "loss of professionalism … [Read more...]