Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Nursing Leadership in the New World of Work – March 24th Workshop

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I am excited to partner with the NW ONL chapter to offer this important workshop on Nursing Leadership in the New World of Work to nurse leaders nationally. In this highly interactive session, we will discuss what is happening in our healthcare environment and the new tools and strategies nurse leaders need to future-proof their leadership. These programs are excellent to watch … [Read more...]

Conducting a Failure Post-Mortem

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Failing is hard. Whether you didn't get the job you really wanted, your new business doesn't have enough clients, or a project you strongly advocated for in your health system isn't working, it is natural to feel disappointment. The truth is that while success stories can offer a roadmap, failure stories offer real education. I … [Read more...]

Bridging the Experience Gap: Hardwiring Patient Surveillance on Your Unit

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN As I look at the landscape of acute care today, I see a profound shift that keeps many leaders up at night. We are leading a workforce with a high concentration of novice nurses—talented, eager, but fundamentally lacking the "clinical mileage" that seasoned veterans rely on. When we talk about patient safety in this context, we often … [Read more...]

Beyond the Expert Nurse: Why Your Team’s Collective IQ Matters Today

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN As we have discussed in previous blogs, today's acute care nursing teams are often composed primarily of novices. As organizations work to build higher-reliability cultures and improve safety and quality, leveraging the collective intelligence of the team is an important conversation that often does not take place. In their … [Read more...]

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...]