Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Keeping Staff Happy – Whose Responsibility Is It?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”  Dalai Lama I had a discussion this week with a new nurse manager who did not know how to react with a staff member who keeps telling her that he is "not happy" but gives no specific reasons why.  She was obviously by this but unsure how to respond.  It is not … [Read more...]

Focusing on the Essentials

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Like many of you, I really struggle managing all of my commitments.  I often say yes when I should have said no.  We live in a noisy world.  This is especially true in healthcare where there are significant paradigm shifts impacting our work.  The pace of change has taken a toll on even the most adaptive nurse leaders.  Leaders find … [Read more...]

Caring Based Nursing Leadership Revisited

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Guest Blogger – Dr. Anne Boykin The other day, a colleague mentioned to me that she felt that caring based nursing leadership is needed in today's environment more than ever.  I am republishing a guest blog written a number of years ago by Dr. Anne Boykin. Anne is former Dean and Professor Emeritus in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University … [Read more...]

What I Know for Sure About Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN We are in turbulent times in healthcare. Planning can be challenging. As one of my nurse leader colleagues recently told me – it is like putting together a puzzle without all the pieces in place. Nurses look to their leaders more than ever to help them to frame what sometimes appears to be the chaos of change.  It is more important than ever … [Read more...]

Dealing with Organizational Politics

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A colleague recently told me a story about making a huge mistake in failing to properly read the politics in the organization that she had recently joined.   She had made an assumption about the intent of her new employer to move quickly on an agenda item that she discussed during her interview and later learned that there was not the buy … [Read more...]