Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Caring-Based Nursing Leadership

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Guest Blogger - Dr. Anne Boykin Dr. Anne Boykin is Dean and Professor Emeritus in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton Florida.  Dr. Boykin is recognized internationally and nationally for her scholarship on Caring.  She has co-authored and edited several books including Nursing as Caring:A Model for Transforming Practice and … [Read more...]

The Words that We Use

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."  Buddha I recently met with a new nurse manager who was struggling in her role.  She was relating to me the difficulties that she was having in gaining the cooperation of staff in some of the changes that she wanted to … [Read more...]

Navigating Organizational Politics

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The game that you are watching is not always the game that is being played" - a wise mentor Maria Sanchez is an assistant nurse manager in a large critical care unit in an academic medical center.  Three months ago, she was asked if she would accept a temporary position as the task force coordinator for the unit's efforts to receive … [Read more...]

Learning from Failure

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."   Winston Churchill   Every successful nurse leader has had the experience of not being selected for a coveted position, failing to achieve a goal, making a bad judgement call or possibly being fired or asked to step down from a position.  … [Read more...]

Why Initiatives Fail

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Culture eats strategy for breakfast" - Peter Drucker A nurse recently told me the story about how walking rounds were implemented in her hospital in an attempt to improve patient satisfaction scores.  A review of the nursing literature indicates that when report is conducted at the bedside of the patient - the patient feels more included … [Read more...]