By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Last week, during a session, a nurse leader posed a very interesting question. Her unit, like many in acute care today, is staffed by a novice-dense team of nurses. Her question was about the tradeoffs between providing extensive checklists and promoting critical thinking. She pointed out that in a novice-dense environment, reliance … [Read more...]
The Path Back to Us: Rebuilding Broken Trust
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I was recently reminded of how difficult it can be to rebuild broken trust in talking with leaders whose health system experienced a nursing strike. Trust acts as the essential "glue" holding a unit together. When conflict occurs—whether due to a strike, staffing shortages, a difficult clinical event, a CNO fired without apparent … [Read more...]
Why Nurse Recognition is More Complicated Today
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN As I have spoken with nurse leaders at events during Nurses' Week, I realize how much more complicated it is to plan meaningful recognition programs today. While leaders strongly desire to reward and recognize staff, they are sometimes very disappointed by nurses' low participation in these events and, in some cases, their criticism … [Read more...]
Beyond the Paycheck: Addressing the Nurse Financial Wellbeing Crisis
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse wellbeing is complex. I like the Gallup model for well-being because it moves beyond physical and psychological well-being to also consider social, community, and financial well-being. Few have a model this comprehensive, but they should. For the past few years, I have been talking to nurse leaders about the social … [Read more...]
Why Leading in a Unionized Environment Has Become More Complicated
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA- BC, FAAN A colleague of mine has to relocate for family reasons. She is currently a CNO in a non-unionized environment in a right-to-work state where few hospitals are unionized. She has no personal experience leading in a unionized environment at any level. She now plans to move to a region where most hospitals are unionized, and there has … [Read more...]
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