Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Murder Mysteries – A Way to Improve the Image of Nursing

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN From nurse executive to murder mystery writer, Dr. Pamela Triolo made this intriguing change in her lifework.   Some of you may know Pam.  For many years, she was nationally known for her work in leadership development across all disciplines; her focus on the image of nursing in the media, and her research on the attributes of successful … [Read more...]

Get Ready for Your Hospital’s Yelp Review

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN It was announced this week by the CEO of Yelp that the site is partnering with ProPublica, a non profit news organization that compiles CMS data for 4600 hospitals, 15,000 nursing homes and 6300 dialysis centers.  The goal is to provide consumers with easy to access information about items like ER wait times, physician communication and … [Read more...]

Getting Out of Your Own Way

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently had a former student talk with me about the challenges that she was having with her career.  I asked her why she thought things were not moving in the direction that she wanted them to.  Initially, she began blaming others for what was happening but ended up acknowledging that she self-sabotaged some of her career opportunities. … [Read more...]

Supporting our Team Leaders and Charge Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A colleague who reads this blog recently sent me an article about why Team Leaders Make a Difference that captured the work of leadership expert - Marcus Buckingham.  This article makes so many important points about our informal leaders who are the glue that hold our units and departments together.  In the research that I have done with … [Read more...]

Choosing Your Leadership Battles

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN One of the most important lessons that I learned as a new leader (the hard way) was that not every battle in my work setting was worth fighting.  Each of us in our leadership role has only a finite amount of time.  While we may be tempted to battle through every conflict because we feel we are "right", battles can take an enormous amount of … [Read more...]