Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

A World with No Hospitals

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Picture a World Without Hospitals was the provocative title to a keynote speech that Dr. Eric Topol gave to hospital executives at an AHA Health Forum conference last week.  Dr. Topol is a physician and director of translational sciences at Scripps in California.  He is also author of the book The Creative Destruction of Medicine:  How the … [Read more...]

Hardwiring Nursing Practice Changes

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "For changes to be of any value, they have to be lasting and consistent."  Tony Robbins One question that I ask every nurse leader in our conversations involves the challenges that they have in their leadership practice.  This week, a nursing director told me that she felt her biggest challenge is hardwiring the many practice changes … [Read more...]

Ten TED Talks Every Nurse Leader Should Watch

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN What if a short 15-20 minute video could capture the essence of a very creative person's thinking on a challenging topic?   Well there are such videos out there and they are totally free - known as TED talks.   TED is a nonprofit devoted to ideas worth spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from … [Read more...]

Is Rate Your Nurse Leader in Our Future?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I received an interesting request from one of our graduate students last week.  She was looking for an alternative to a required class because she was concerned about the professor's negative ratings on the Rate My Professors site.  Ironically, this request came shortly after I attended as session on Rateocracy: When Everyone and Everything … [Read more...]

Exiting a Difficult Job Situation Gracefully

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN How do you leave a difficult job situation without conveying anger?  This was a question asked of me by a Chief Nursing Officer who was leaving a hospital that she dearly loved after ten years in the role. Her new CEO had made it clear that their relationship was not working for him.  He had little interest in trying to rebuild it.  She was … [Read more...]