Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Working without a Playbook

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During this week, I have had the opportunity to talk with many nurse leaders.  The theme that I hear over and over is how they are working without a playbook on this crisis.  Health systems have rehearsed for natural disasters, for mass shootings and airline crashes but very few have run a simulation in advance for a … [Read more...]

When Nurses Become the Story

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN This has been a very challenging week for nurses and nurse leaders at the epicenters of the pandemic. We have seen images of nurses expressing their fear about a lack of protective equipment and concern about just how virulent the virus can be.  I have read many accounts from the families of hospitalized patients who talk about … [Read more...]

Avoiding a Status Quo Bias in Times of Crisis

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA, BC Times of crisis provide an opportunity to test the biases in our thinking.  A status quo bias is a preference to keep current practices as they are versus a willingness to think outside the box.  A large body of evidence shows that status quo bias frequently affects human decision-making even when under enormous pressure.  We love … [Read more...]

Shining the Light on all the Right

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN                 We are in very challenging times right now. Winston Churchill once noted that no crisis should go to waste.  I thought about this as I read Bonnie and Mark Barnes's new book Shining the Light on all the Right: Celebrating the Art of Nursing Around the … [Read more...]

Crisis Thinking Outside Our Traditional Boxes

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The current COVID-19 virus presents unprecedented challenges to the healthcare delivery system.  Albert Einstein once noted that " The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." This really rings true during this time of crisis.  It has never been more important … [Read more...]