Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

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...]

Adding Value to Others in Your Leadership Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN My students often ask me how successful leaders have advanced in their careers.  The paths to success are varied but there is one consistent theme that I have seen in leaders that I observe - they always look for ways that they can add value to others in their role.  Leadership guru, John Maxwell has observed that the bottom line … [Read more...]

Meeting FOMO

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.” — William Goldman, screenwriter, novelist. Managing time is very challenging for nurse leaders in today's environment.  Many leaders struggle with trying to be "everywhere". … [Read more...]

Breaking All the Rules

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate the strength of leadership".  John Maxwell My students often ask me about books that have profoundly influenced my thinking about management and leadership.  A book, that I found helpful in my own leadership journey, was published initially more than a decade ago and recently … [Read more...]