Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

The Impact of ICD-10 on Nursing

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you work in a healthcare organization in the United States today, you are probably hearing a great deal about the implementation of ICD-10 diagnostic codes which will be required for reimbursement effective October 1st, 2015.  ICD stands for the International Classification of Diseases developed by the World Health Organization and used … [Read more...]

5 Important Trends in Healthcare

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Each year the American Hospital Association surveys members and does an environment scan to identify key trends that have a high probability of affecting the healthcare team.  This report 2015EnvironmentalScan.pdf0 is full of valuable information for nurse leaders to better understand the critical issues that their organizations are likely … [Read more...]

The Charge Nurse as Team Leader

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN, “Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story”.    Casey Stengel   Many nurses today are reluctant to take charge nurse roles.  Charge nurses are unsung heroes in today's health-care environment.  Their nursing leadership is right at the point of care and critical to better patient outcomes.  … [Read more...]

Learning to Say I’m Sorry

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Learning to apologize in a leadership role requires a good deal of courage.  It’s not comfortable for any of us to admit an error, or to acknowledge that something we’ve done has caused others harm or inconvenience. So when leaders do apologize, we know he or she is putting honesty and honor above personal comfort or self-protection.  It’s … [Read more...]

The Shift to Value-Based Care

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN For decades in healthcare, nurse leaders have carefully watched the volume of care that was delivered in their departments because this has been the metric for reimbursement.  We are now undergoing a transformational shift moving toward a system less focused on volume and more focused on value.  It is happening slowly with changes in … [Read more...]