By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Nate Silver in his 2012 book The Signal and the Noise wrote about the challenges of making predictions and distinguishing what is a true signal in a noisy environment. It is therefore always interesting to review national studies on nursing and what nurses report about their profession. The noise that we hear is often in our … [Read more...]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Retirement
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I am always looking for interesting blog topics. This week in California, I met a critical care nurse working for the Cottage Health System who encouraged me to share her story in this blog and even suggested the title. After a long nursing career and 8 years in a nurse leader role, she knew that she wanted to slow down as she moved toward … [Read more...]
Nurse Leader – Nursing Staff Relationships in an Era of Health Reform
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN When he was mayor of New York City, Ed Koch used to walk the streets and ask the question "how am I doing?". This is a brave question and one that I would bet few of us ask our staff because we may not want to hear the answer. My nurse leader colleagues have been telling me for the past several years that they feel their relationships with … [Read more...]
Why Quitting is Hard
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The American version goes like this - a quitter never wins and a winner never quits.......when done right however, there is a huge upside the quitting." Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner I have a nurse leader colleague who finds no joy in her work. For the past four years, her environment has become increasing more toxic. Her … [Read more...]
The Role of Luck in Nursing Career Planning
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently had a conversation with a nurse leader who had built a very successful career doing innovative work. I asked her how she got started and she thought for a moment and then said - " I would love to say that I planned this all out but that would not be true. I really got lucky - I was in the right place at the right time." … [Read more...]
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