Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Intent to Stay in Nursing – Some Good News

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Incredible Health (which now has one of four RNs in the country on its platform) just released its 2023 State of US Nursing Report. The company analyzed hiring data from more than 700,000 Incredible Health nurse profiles in March 2023. They also surveyed more than 3,000 registered nurses in the United States in March 2023. The … [Read more...]

Handling Negative Feedback

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nursing leadership roles are challenging today. The last thing most leaders want is negative feedback about their performance. Consider a story a leader recently told me: I was depressed for days after I saw our all-employee survey results. It seems everyone wants to blame someone for what is happening, and I feel like an easy … [Read more...]

Being Promoted from Within

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Promotions from within can be tricky.  Not everyone will be thrilled that you were selected for the position. A new nurse manager recently told me about her struggles managing her former peers. While initially, the staff seemed happy with her selection, she is now finding resistance especially when she attempts to hold her former … [Read more...]

Should I Take This Leadership Role?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A former graduate student called me to discuss a potential job opportunity. She described the opportunity as a "dream job" in a Magnet organization with a hefty salary increase. It would involve relocation to another part of the country. So what is stopping you? I asked. She related the following story: I went to the interview … [Read more...]

Integrating Travel Nurses Into Your Team

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Travel nurses will be part of core team staffing for the foreseeable future in many healthcare settings. Managers should value the experience and adaptability that travelers bring to a group. A downside is that if not integrated into the team, nursing staff may get angry about travel pay, and the travel nurses could recruit your … [Read more...]