Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Why Feedback Fails

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Good feedback is hard to come by.  It is difficult to give, difficult to elicit and difficult to receive".   Sylvia Ann Hewlitt If you ask any nursing leader about challenging parts of the role, the issue of having to give negative performance feedback is high on the list of least favorite leadership activities.  Too often, it gets put … [Read more...]

Nurse Leader Insight: Nurses Speak Out About their Profession

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Nate Silver in his 2012 book The Signal and the Noise wrote about the challenges of making predictions and distinguishing what is a true signal in a noisy environment.  It is therefore always interesting to review national studies on nursing and what nurses report about their profession.  The noise that we hear is often in our … [Read more...]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Retirement

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I am always looking for interesting blog topics.  This week in California, I met a critical care nurse working for the Cottage Health System who encouraged me to share her story in this blog and even suggested the title.  After a long nursing career and 8 years in a nurse leader role, she knew that she wanted to slow down as she moved toward … [Read more...]

Promoting Critical Thinking Skills in Nursing

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The important thing is to not stop questioning.  Curiosity has its own reason for existing."   Albert Einstein If you talk with any group of nurse leaders, the challenge of promoting critical thinking with their nursing staff will inevitably enter the conversation as a key concern.  A nurse leader recently told me about a sentinel … [Read more...]

Believing in the Art of Possibilities

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “In the measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set the context and let life unfold.”  Benjamin Zander Benjamin Zander is the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and a professor at the New England Conservatory of Music.   He was also a keynote plenary speaker at this year's … [Read more...]