Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Your Sphere of Influence

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN The other day I was talking with one of my students who was very frustrated with a recent decision made by leaders in her health agency.  It seemed to me that she was investing a great deal of time and political capital on something that she had little influence over at this point in time.  We talked about the idea of sphere of influence and … [Read more...]

Sign-On Bonuses are Back

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A frustrated CNO recently talked with me about incentives that some hospitals were using to recruit experienced nurses specifically for specialty units.  She commented - "I thought we decided as a profession a decade ago that sign-on bonuses are destructive and don't work in the long run so why are they back."  She is not alone in her … [Read more...]

Retaining Generation Y Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN It has been said that demographic changes are like dramas in slow motion because they unfold incrementally.  All of a sudden you have that "aha" moment when you realize that things are different.  Such is the case with the a phenomena that nurse leaders are experiencing today with the challenge of retaining their Generation Y nurses.  These … [Read more...]

Physicians Need Healthy Work Environments Too

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN For well over a decade,  nursing organizations such as the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), the American Organization of Nurse Executives and many others have committed to the creation of healthy work environments.  In their now widely used work, AACN identified 6 standards for establishing and sustaining healthy work … [Read more...]

There’s Something Happening Here

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Where did all the RNs go?"  I have been asked this question twice in the last month by Chief Nursing Officers in acute care settings who are perplexed by climbing vacancy rates, a noticeable shortage of experienced RNs responding to employment opportunities, a return of sign on bonuses and rising turnover especially among their Generation Y … [Read more...]