Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Nurse Leader – Nursing Staff Relationships in an Era of Health Reform

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN When he was mayor of New York City, Ed Koch used to walk the streets and ask the question "how am I doing?".  This is a brave question and one that I would bet few of us ask our staff because we may not want to hear the answer.  My nurse leader colleagues have been telling me for the past several years that they feel their relationships with … [Read more...]

Why Quitting is Hard

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The American version goes like this - a quitter never wins and a winner never quits.......when done right however, there is a huge upside the quitting."   Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner I have a nurse leader colleague who finds no joy in her work.  For the past four years, her environment has become increasing more toxic.  Her … [Read more...]

The Role of Luck in Nursing Career Planning

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently had a conversation with a nurse leader who had built a very successful career doing innovative work.  I asked her how she got started and she thought for a moment and then said - " I would love to say that I planned this all out but that would not be true.  I really got lucky - I was in the right place at the right time."  … [Read more...]

Making New Initiatives Successful

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Culture eats strategy for breakfast" - Peter Drucker A nurse recently told me the story about how walking rounds were implemented in her hospital in an attempt to improve patient satisfaction scores.  A review of the nursing literature indicates that when report is conducted at the bedside of the patient - the patient feels more included … [Read more...]

Building High Performance Work Teams

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”   Patrick Lencioni   Casey Stengel, the beloved manager of many major league baseball teams, once noted that “Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story”.  The same could be … [Read more...]