Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

What Preceptors Want Nurse Leaders to Know

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In novice-nurse-dense environments, the nurse preceptor role is a critical organizational asset for successful new-graduate transition. Preceptor burnout is a growing concern, especially in light of recent Laudio data, which indicates that nurse preceptors who spend more than 20% of their scheduled hours in the role are at higher … [Read more...]

Establishing an Ask Anything Culture

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I have been surprised by how many nurse leaders have recently told me they are having trouble getting staff to speak up and ask questions. As one leader explained it to me: I am not sure what is going on. I used to not be able to suppress my staff's curiosity. They asked so many questions. I tell my new grads today that my door is … [Read more...]

Reimagining the Charge Nurse in the Inverted Pyramid of Nursing Experience

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC In most leader development workshops I do today, experienced nurse leaders now discuss how challenging it is to recruit nurses into charge nurse roles. Fewer experienced nurses want to take charge, and charge nurse burnout is now a major concern. A nurse manager recently shared this story: So our hospital recently announced a charge … [Read more...]

The Nurse Leader Agenda: 10 Priorities That Matter Right Now

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN If you ask a group of nurse leaders what keeps them awake at night, staffing will usually top the list. But in 2026, the leadership agenda has become far more complicated than filling open nursing positions. Today's nurse leaders are managing a workforce that looks very different from the one they led just five years ago. Teams are … [Read more...]

The Inverted Pyramid: How a Perfect Storm Eroded Acute Care Nursing Experience

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During Inverted Pyramid workshops, I am often asked: How did we get to a place where experienced acute care nurses are in such short supply? This question reminds me of a dialogue in one of Ernest Hemingway's novels, The Sun Also Rises. One of the book's characters asked the other, "How did you go bankrupt?" The character answers, "A … [Read more...]