Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

The Nursing Skill Mix Conundrum

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN My graduate students recently had an assignment to interview their Chief Nursing Officers asking a variety of questions related to challenges in the current environment.  I was surprised at how many of them commented on their concern about recent changes in skill mix in their facilities.  Unlike the historical skill mix arguments that we … [Read more...]

Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Last week, I attended the Colorado Organization of Nurse Leaders conference in Vail, Colorado.  One of the speakers who is also an Air Force Colonel, Kathleen Flarity, made a strong case for both staff nurses and leaders to be vigilant about the potential for compassion fatigue especially in high stress care environments.  In these … [Read more...]

The Dilemma with the Nurse Manager Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A significant number of nurse managers today are struggling with the demands of the role.  In a recent article in the Becker Hospital review, Tom Olivio (CEO of Success Profiles) notes that the data from his work indicates that 42% of nurse managers are not performing at the levels expected by their organizations.  The role has … [Read more...]

Your Sphere of Influence

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN The other day I was talking with one of my students who was very frustrated with a recent decision made by leaders in her health agency.  It seemed to me that she was investing a great deal of time and political capital on something that she had little influence over at this point in time.  We talked about the idea of sphere of influence and … [Read more...]

Retaining Generation Y Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN It has been said that demographic changes are like dramas in slow motion because they unfold incrementally.  All of a sudden you have that "aha" moment when you realize that things are different.  Such is the case with the a phenomena that nurse leaders are experiencing today with the challenge of retaining their Generation Y nurses.  These … [Read more...]