Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

The Importance of Learning from Failure

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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”   Winston Churchill By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC I recently met with a young nurse leader who was heartbroken over her lack of success in her first leadership role.  She had made many mistakes because of a lack of we preparation that was not totally her responsibility.  She … [Read more...]

Emerging Nurse Leader Resolutions for 2016

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Someone will write a resolution that says, I want to exercise more or I want to lose 15 pounds - which is a great goal to have - but every study tells us that if you pose things in abstract terms; it is much less likely that you will accomplish it than if you structure it as an actual activity"  Charles Duhigg, author of the Power of … [Read more...]

Normalization of Deviance in a Just Culture

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN One of my nurse leader students was relating an incident that had recently happened on her unit with a young millennial nurse.  The nurse was experiencing problems with the smart pump that she was using to administer an IV medication.  Her solution was to reprogram the machine herself although it was clearly against medical center … [Read more...]

When Leaders Don’t Respond to Emails

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN. FAAN A colleague recently discussed with me her concern about nurse leaders in her organization who don't respond to their emails despite acknowledgement within the organization that it is the official means of communication.  She told me that it was disheartening to send an email to her supervisor and have it go unacknowledged.  From a … [Read more...]

Positive Work Environments

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “All workplaces can be healthy if nurses and employers are resolute in their desire to address not only the physical environment, but also less tangible barriers to staff and patient safety”.  The American Association of Critical Care Nurses The necessity of creating a positive work culture can be easily lost In today’s turbulent … [Read more...]