Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Three Important Things to Know about Medical Tourism

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN The other day, one of my nurse manager students told me that her CEO had shared with them that a rising trend in medical tourism was threatening the viability of some of their most financially lucrative service lines.  Like many nurses, she seemed surprised to learn this.  Her view of her organization's competitors had been previously … [Read more...]

How Watson Could Change Health Care and Nursing

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By Rose O. Sherman "The first thing that we realized about Watson is that this thing could be applied anywhere.  We have tried to choose a field where Watson can have notable social impact while proving its ability to master a complex body of knowledge."  John Kelly, IBM Chief of Research Some of you might remember in 2011 when IBM pitted Watson, their newly developed … [Read more...]

Why We Should Be Concerned About a Shortage of Perioperative Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Always remember that the future comes one day at a time" Dean Acheson This week, I am in Las Vegas presenting at the OR Manager conference.  Perioperative nursing is not my specialty.  I recently completed research in collaboration with the leadership of OR manager to determine perioperative nurse leader viewpoints on succession … [Read more...]

4 Steps to Using Feedback to Improve Your Performance

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN It is very likely that you receive feedback all the time in your nursing role.  I recently had a student tell me that she had received the feedback that she was a poor listener.  "My immediate response to this feedback was that I had been told that before and it is just who I am, but the more I thought about it the more I realized that it … [Read more...]

Surrendering Our Attachments to the Past

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.  Anwar Sadat One of my graduate students who is also an experienced nurse leader recently observed that some nurses are dealing with the chaos and change in our health delivery system by "mourning for the good old days."  But were the good old … [Read more...]