Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Stop Apologizing For Things You Don’t Control

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN There are times in leadership when apologizing for things outside your control can be the right thing to do, but not always. So many nurse leaders today tell me that they are saying "I am sorry" multiple times each day, and it is burning them out. Consider the story below from a young manager: For a long time, I thought my … [Read more...]

Nurse Leader Coach Onsite Workshop Ohio

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I am proud to partner with the Northeast Ohio Organization of Nurse Leaders. The workshop outlined below is an excellent educational opportunity at a very reasonable cost - $50.00 for members or $60.00 for nonmembers to attend our Nurse Leader Coach Workshop. You can register using this link. Northeast Ohio Organization for Nursing Leadership Education Symposium 2025: … [Read more...]

Top Five Takeaways From Recent Nursing Workforce Research

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Over the past three weeks, two surveys have been released offering insight into the nursing workforce and nurse leaders. The 2025 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report provided an overview of what happened with the nursing and healthcare workforce in acute care settings during 2024.  The recently released … [Read more...]

What’s Trending Now

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In my leadership development work with health systems across the country, I feel like I have a front row seat to the evolving picture of what is happening in healthcare and nursing. We are almost at the end of the first quarter of 2025, and here is what leaders are telling me now: There is growing concern among nurse leaders … [Read more...]

Decompression from Work

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurses and their leaders struggle with burnout and exhaustion. A contributor is the inability to decompress after work effectively. Press Ganey, a leading provider of experience measurement, published a report that analyzed data from over 345,000 clinical RN voices to understand today's nursing workforce better and recommend how … [Read more...]