Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

When the Nurse Leader is the Bully

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt An article  in  the January 2013 issue of Advance for Nurses describes a new anti-bullying movement started by Cole Edmonson, the Chief Nursing Officer at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse … [Read more...]

Questions to Ask Yourself as a Nurse Leader

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?”  - Carl Sandburg Poet Getting honest feedback as a nurse leader can be challenging especially as you move into more senior positions.  Many Chief Nursing Officers tell me that they miss the coaching … [Read more...]

2013 – Is there a Nursing Shortage?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN We have just begun our spring semester at colleges and schools of nursing throughout the country.  Many senior nursing students will soon become new graduates.  They are already worrying about their job prospects based on the feedback that they have received from last year's graduates and recent stories in the media.  An article published … [Read more...]

Why Nurse Managers Need a BSN

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN The phone call began like so many others over the past two years.  It was a nurse manager who was seeking guidance about the fastest way to get the BSN.   "I am in trouble", she confessed, "my Chief Nursing Officer gave me a five year deadline to get my BSN and the clock is running out."  I then asked her what she hoped to learn from a BSN … [Read more...]

Why Reputation is Your Most Important Leadership Asset

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN  “Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.”  ―    Wayne Dyer I recently spoke with a nurse who was applying to our graduate program.  One of her letters of recommendation was missing from her file and holding up her admission … [Read more...]