I am proud to partner with the New England ONL on the workshop that's generating a lot of discussion, as leaders now see that the nursing workforce has undergone a structural change in acute care. The traditional staffing pyramid — anchored by a deep layer of expert clinicians — has inverted. Today’s acute care units often rely on novice-dense teams supported by a limited … [Read more...]
What Nurse Leaders Are Getting Wrong About Generation Z
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Delivering workshops on Building Bridges, Not Walls: Leading Multigenerational Nursing Teams has given me the opportunity to speak with up-and-coming Generation Z nurse leaders across the country. I am always interested in what we are getting right in terms of meeting the needs of their generation, but more importantly, what we are … [Read more...]
Staying Power: Building a Culture of Retention Workshop – May 19th Open to All Leaders
The term "fragile stability" is being used to describe what is happening with the nursing workforce today. Most healthcare systems are having greater success with their nurse recruitment efforts, but retention is a much greater challenge. High turnover rates not only affect the quality of patient care and team morale but also increase financial costs at a time when resources … [Read more...]
Conducting a Pre-Mortem: Avoiding Leadership Burnout Before It Starts
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Recently, a nurse manager reached out to me for advice on a situation she is now confronting in her organization. She is a nurse manager who leads a busy cardiac care unit and has been asked by her CNO to pick up a second department - the Cardiac Interventional Procedural Unit. This would be a new area for her and would add … [Read more...]
Avoiding Preceptor Burnout
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN One of the most challenging issues in acute care settings right now is managing preceptor burnout. As units have become more novice nurse dense, there are fewer experienced and expert staff to precept them. Many leaders tell me they see a version of "maternal attachment disorder" playing out on their units where burned out precetors … [Read more...]
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