Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Leading Generation Y Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN There is an interesting change happening in the nursing workforce.  Recent data from the Bureau of Health Professions (nursingworkforcebrief) indicates that the number of nurses under the age of 30 in the workforce is steadily increasing.  Generation Y (born between 1981 and 2000) nurses now comprise around 15% of the workforce but … [Read more...]

Why a Sense of Community Matters on Nursing Units

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone."   Margaret Wheatley The Holiday season is a joyful one for most but not all of us.  For some people, it raises issues … [Read more...]

Nurse Leader Insights: Leadership Moments

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "To be courageous is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to all of us."    John F. Kennedy Last week, the world lost a truly great leader with the death of Nelson Mandela.  He died last week at 95 of a lung infection connected to the tuberculosis he contracted while serving 27 years as a  political prisoner.  What … [Read more...]

Nurse Leader Insight: The Importance of First Followers

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I was talking to a colleague at a recent conference about teaching leadership to nursing students.  He told me that he always points out to students the power in being a first follower.  In 2010, a TED talk video by Derek Silver illustrating the idea of first followers was posted and went viral with more than 3 million views to date.  The … [Read more...]