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
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
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...]
5 Ways the Affordable Care Act Could Change Nursing
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Last month, the United States Supreme Court found that most provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are constitutional. With a presidential election looming in November, the debate about the future of law will continue. In spite of the political battles, most health care analysts agree that the law's structural and financial features … [Read more...]
The Power of Nursing Leadership Stories
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Stories are the most powerful tool in the leader's toolkit". Howard Gardner I recently attended a conference session on Patient Safety. Quite unexpectedly, the speaker began his presentation with the statement , "Through an error I made, I was responsible for a patient's death". He immediately had the attention of everyone in the … [Read more...]
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