By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The long-term impact of COVID-19 on the nursing workforce is something that researchers will likely study for years to come. Although collectively, nurses were in the same COVID storm, they were not in the same boat. New evidence indicates that the experience with COVID has had a devastating impact on our youngest nurses. The … [Read more...]
Making Inpatient Nursing Roles More Desirable
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse leaders had hoped that in 2022 they would be able to stabilize their nurse staffing. Instead, quite the opposite has happened. Nurse resignations have continued and, in many places, even increased. It is a problem that is confounding nurse leaders and one with no … [Read more...]
The Great Discontent
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A new Gallup research analysis finds that 48% of America's working population is actively job searching or watching for opportunities. Healthcare systems are not immune from this trend and now face staggering numbers of resignations each week with no signs of a slowdown. Although this trend is called the great resignation, … [Read more...]
The Pathway Forward
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A critical care director recently asked me how she should be thinking about a pathway out of the current situation she finds herself in. Her unit has, in her words, "quickly unraveled in a way I would never have thought possible." Most of her core staff with her for … [Read more...]
Maintaining Situational Humility
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN 2022 has barely begun and nurse leaders find themselves struggling to stay on top of nurse illnesses, childcare issues, and positive COVID tests as the Omicron virus barrels through the country at breakneck speed. I interviewed a nurse manager the other day who told an interesting story about their first nursing … [Read more...]
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