Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Circling Back on Old Problems

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN When I took my first leadership role, my mentor told me that there are few truly new problems that I would encounter over time but rather old problems that I thought I had solved would again re-emerge.  This was sage advice.  Most nurse leaders have the experience of wondering whether we will ever truly solve problems such as mislabeled lab … [Read more...]

Not Just a Nurse

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Some things are better left unsaid.  Michelle Collins and Joy Behar, moderators on the TV Show The View,  learned that important lesson last week.  On Sunday evening September 13th, the Miss America pageant was televised.  One of the participants, Kelley Johnson Miss Colorado, was a Registered Nurse.  Instead of the usual type of talent … [Read more...]

The Dilemma with the Nurse Manager Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A significant number of nurse managers today are struggling with the demands of the role.  In a recent article in the Becker Hospital review, Tom Olivio (CEO of Success Profiles) notes that the data from his work indicates that 42% of nurse managers are not performing at the levels expected by their organizations.  The role has … [Read more...]

Sign-On Bonuses are Back

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A frustrated CNO recently talked with me about incentives that some hospitals were using to recruit experienced nurses specifically for specialty units.  She commented - "I thought we decided as a profession a decade ago that sign-on bonuses are destructive and don't work in the long run so why are they back."  She is not alone in her … [Read more...]

Retaining Generation Y Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN It has been said that demographic changes are like dramas in slow motion because they unfold incrementally.  All of a sudden you have that "aha" moment when you realize that things are different.  Such is the case with the a phenomena that nurse leaders are experiencing today with the challenge of retaining their Generation Y nurses.  These … [Read more...]