Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Revisiting Situational Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I have been thinking a lot recently about the drivers for both nurse leader and workforce burnout and exhaustion. What has changed in this post-COVID environment that has brought us to where we are today? Will money and more staff solve the problem as unions suggest? There is so much complexity in what we see in healthcare … [Read more...]

The Impact of the Inverted Pyramid on Nurse Leaders

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In our current healthcare landscape, we often hear nurse leaders lamenting the "readiness gap" of our new graduates. But as I’ve traveled across the country talking to systems, I’ve realized the problem isn't just a lack of experience—it’s a dramatic shift in the composition of our nursing workforce. Historically, a solid base of … [Read more...]

A New Free Research Tool to Assess Transition into a Nurse Leader Role

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Nurse leaders are always looking for ways to improve the development and transition of their new leaders. A good place to start is by asking your current leaders about their own leadership transitions. The blog below was written by Kathy Casey, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, FAAN  - a co-author of the new Casey-Fink Nurse Leader Role Transition Survey ©2025 . Many of you may be familiar … [Read more...]

KONL Workshop – Staying Power is Open to All Nurse Leaders

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Nurse Leaders have cited in several recent national studies that they anticipate the recruitment and retention of nursing staff to be their top challenge in 2026. Even health systems with strong recruitment and retention metrics realize that retaining their Generation Z workforce will be much more challenging. The second-year turnover in this age group now exceeds 50%. The loss … [Read more...]

Building Bridges Not Walls: Leading Multigenerational Interdisciplinary Teams – March 3rd, 2026

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I am proud to partner with the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations to present this important interdisciplinary workshop, Building Bridges, Not Walls: Leading Multigenerational Interdisciplinary Teams, on March 3rd, 2026. For most healthcare leaders today, effectively leading their multigenerational workforce is proving very challenging. In this highly … [Read more...]