Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Do You Lead from Behind the Desk?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently read comments from young nurses about their nurse managers on a social media site.  One talked about having a leader who was choosing to lead from behind her desk, rarely if ever coming out on the unit.  This young nurse reported that she had not had a conversation with her leader since the day she was hired.  It was obvious that … [Read more...]

The Nursing Skill Mix Conundrum

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN My graduate students recently had an assignment to interview their Chief Nursing Officers asking a variety of questions related to challenges in the current environment.  I was surprised at how many of them commented on their concern about recent changes in skill mix in their facilities.  Unlike the historical skill mix arguments that we … [Read more...]

Nurse-Patient Relationships in a Facebook Age

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN The rapid rise of social media such as Facebook, Google + and Twitter are changing the nature of social communication.  Facebook alone has 1.4 billion active users globally.  With this increase in online networking, the traditional boundaries of the nurse-patient relationship may seem less clear especially to younger nurses and increasingly … [Read more...]

Rethinking How You Participate in Meetings

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A frequent complaint I hear from nurse leaders involves the number of meetings that they are expected to attend.  One of my students recently told me that increasingly she finds herself mentally checking out from what is being discussed. In an interesting new book titled Triggers, Marshall Goldsmith points out that factors in our environment … [Read more...]

ICD-10 Starts Today

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you work in healthcare then you probably already know that today is the day that hospitals and healthcare providers must begin using ICD-10 for coding.  ICD stands for the International Classification of Diseases developed by the World Health Organization. It is used globally although in many countries, it is not part of their … [Read more...]