Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

The Fine Line Between Leader Coaching and Therapy

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN "Where do you draw the line between coaching your staff and doing therapy?" This is a question I have been asked many times recently by frontline nurse leaders as they work with younger staff with very high anxiety levels and seasoned staff still traumatized by the COVID experience. There can be a fine line between coaching and … [Read more...]

Intent to Stay in Nursing – Some Good News

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Incredible Health (which now has one of four RNs in the country on its platform) just released its 2023 State of US Nursing Report. The company analyzed hiring data from more than 700,000 Incredible Health nurse profiles in March 2023. They also surveyed more than 3,000 registered nurses in the United States in March 2023. The … [Read more...]

Maintaining Positivity

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN How do I stay positive? It is a question that many leaders now ask in the face of significant staffing shortages, mounting budget issues, and a turbulent healthcare environment. Consider the following story a leader shared with me: By nature, I am an optimist, but now it is hard. I am seeing levels of negativity from staff that I … [Read more...]

Handling Negative Feedback

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nursing leadership roles are challenging today. The last thing most leaders want is negative feedback about their performance. Consider a story a leader recently told me: I was depressed for days after I saw our all-employee survey results. It seems everyone wants to blame someone for what is happening, and I feel like an easy … [Read more...]

Leading Difficult Staff

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC One of the biggest challenges for new leaders is dealing with difficult staff members. Left unchecked, difficult staff can do an amygdala hijack of the team, causing everyone to go into stressful fight-or-flight responses. Consider the following story:  A new manager has several RN team members who have worked on the unit for years yet … [Read more...]