By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A seasoned nurse leader recently asked me if it was just her perception or if things were shifting so quickly with the nursing workforce that many of her well-honed strategies no longer seemed to work. She began noticing a cultural shift in her team two years ago, but now it seemed more profound. I asked her about her team's … [Read more...]

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Increasingly, acute care areas are now staffed with nurses with three years or less of clinical experience. Most new graduates today are young, and in addition to lacking clinical expertise, they also lack life experience. Consider the story of an urgent care director who recently discussed this during a program: Last week, we had … [Read more...]