Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

COVID-19: Influencing the Public

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Healthcare professionals struggle to get their messages about mask-wearing and social distancing out to a skeptical public and even their own family members. Interestingly, it is often said that history may not repeat itself but usually rhymes. According to a recently released CNN documentary, the same issues occurred in the 1918 … [Read more...]

Looking Ahead to 2021

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN There are very few years in our country's history that have been more challenging than this one. Many nurse leaders have told me that they started 2020 with great plans and optimism about the new decade. Then very early into 2020, everything changed. Plans were put on hold, and everyone was laser-focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...]

Visibility and Gratitude

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN             It is Christmas week and things are not good in many hospitals in our country right now. Staff is exhausted and overwhelmed with the surge of COVID patients. At the same time, many of the public continue to believe that the virus is either no more serious than the flu or … [Read more...]

De-Stigmatizing the Need for Mental Health Assistance

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In the last four months, every study that I have reviewed indicates that nurses on the frontlines of the battle with COVID report deteriorating mental health. The current pandemic is equivalent to the type of trauma seen in wartime situations. Richard Tedeschi, an expert on trauma, tells us that PTSD is not inevitable (only 10% … [Read more...]

Leaders as Framers in Turbulent Times

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN               Will it always be like this? A critical care nurse leader was recently asked this question by one of her novice nurses in the first year of practice. She related to me that as she thought about the question, she realized the following: This young nurse had … [Read more...]