Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Challenges Faced by New Nurse Managers

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN When you have been in leadership for many years, it can be hard to remember what it is like when you begin in your first nurse manager role.  Recently, I had an opportunity to work with many new nurse managers in the leadership development course sponsored by the American Nurses Association.  Most were in their first two years in the … [Read more...]

Battling Imposter Syndrome in Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN How many of you feel like imposters?  I asked this question last week at an ANA workshop for new nurse managers.  A surprisingly high number of the managers in attendance raised their hands.  Most were very young nurses with less than 2 years in a manager role.  Their reaction was not surprising and feelings about imposter syndrome are … [Read more...]

Taming the Advice Monster

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I was recently talking with a new manager.  I asked her about the most important lessons she was learning about being a leader.  She smiled and said - I am learning when to talk and when to just listen.  She explained that when she started in her role, staff would come into her office with a problem.  She would immediately jumped … [Read more...]

Rethinking Nursing on Med-Surg and Telemetry Units

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN It happened again this past week.  A seasoned nurse manager on a medical-surgical unit pulled me aside after a presentation and asked for help with some innovative ideas to manage turnover.  The  story is the same everywhere I go.  New graduates are placed on medical-surgical or telemetry units out of residency programs.  Their … [Read more...]

When You Are Stressed

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you are like most nurse leaders today, you probably feel the stress of a rapidly changing healthcare environment with increasing expectations and responsibilities.  How to balance the demands and control your own stress level can sometimes be challenging. In a blog on ways that successful people defeat stress, author Heidi Halvorson … [Read more...]