Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

10 Challenges for New Managers

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Transitioning to a new manager role has never been more challenging than in today's environment. I was reminded of this last week when Dr. Joyce Batcheller and I did the Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership in partnership with New England ONL. Over one hundred nurse managers attended the program, and many had less than one year of … [Read more...]

Redesigning Care Delivery Models

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Few nurse leaders are saying this aloud, but most realize that it will be impossible to deliver primary nursing care in the future. Assigning nurses to 8-10 acutely ill patients (happening in many settings) and describing it as primary nursing is incompatible with that delivery model. Primary nursing replaced a team nursing … [Read more...]

Setting Boundaries in Your Leadership Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse manager recruitment and retention is a critical challenge today. We have new generations of nurses who are interested in their well-being. It is not surprising that so many have said that leadership roles do not provide the balance they need and want in their lives. Many nurse leaders are not role modeling well-being. They are … [Read more...]

Managing Team Negativity

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By Rose O. Sherman, Ed.D., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse manager recently asked the following question - " I am struggling with the negativity and anger of our team - I just can't seem to turn it in a positive direction. What can or should I do? It is so corrosive." This is a question that I have been asked quite a few times over the past two months as leaders struggle with what … [Read more...]

The Current Pulse of the Nursing Workforce

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN     The American Nurses Foundation has conducted a Pulse on the Nation's Nurses COVID-19 Survey Series throughout the pandemic. The most recent COVID-19 Impact Assessment Survey with over 11,000 responses– ANA Pulse Survey June-July 2022 was just released. The findings are sobering but do provide some guidance … [Read more...]