Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Front-line Nurse Leader Guilt

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN We are hearing a great deal about nurse leader stress and burnout but less about the struggles that front-line leaders are having with their own guilt during this time.   Leaders experience guilt when they have a responsibility that they feel they failed to live up to. The emotion of guilt is focused on failure. The stories that … [Read more...]

Why Leaders Derail

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN               New leaders often ask me how they can avoid failure in a leadership role.  Sometimes, failure is situational such as when a new leader is hired into a complex leadership situation with very little onboarding or ongoing support. Some nurse leaders have … [Read more...]

The Illusion of Control

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During a workshop last week, a nurse confided to the group that she felt a loss of control during COVID-19, which is "hard for me as a major control freak."  Things up to this point, her life had been pretty predictable but now the future was much more uncertain. A role that she had thought was stable and even essential might not … [Read more...]

The Perils of Cutting Salary and Benefits

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN One unexpected consequence of COVID-19 is the financial toll that it has taken on health systems.  AHA estimates the collective loss for just four months exceeds 200 billion dollars.  Cutting costs is top of mind for most nurse leaders. How to do it and maintain morale is more complicated. Several large health systems have … [Read more...]

Staying in Our Circle of Influence

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN How do you coach nurses who are very scared and stressed?  This was a question that I was asked this past week during a virtual coaching workshop.  It is a challenge that many leaders are confronting in their settings.  There are so many unknown unknowns with COVID-19 that it is difficult to provide staff the certainty in answers they … [Read more...]