Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Five Ways to Become a More Authentic Nurse Leader

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "I think we've been choosing boards of directors and many other leaders for the wrong reason. We choose people for their image, their charisma, their style and we should be choosing them for their integrity, for their character, and their substance." Bill George Our current presidential political campaigns are raising important questions … [Read more...]

Moving Outside Your Comfort Zone

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain It can be difficult for nurses to move outside their comfort zones.  One former graduate … [Read more...]

Surrendering Our Attachments to the Past

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.  Anwar Sadat One of my graduate students who is also an experienced nurse leader recently observed that some nurses are dealing with the chaos and change in our health delivery system by "mourning for the good old days."  But were the good old … [Read more...]

5 Strategies for Managing Yourself

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power"   Lao Tzu A young nurse recently came to see me who wanted leadership mentoring.  I asked her to tell me about herself.  I was struck by how honest she was about her own strengths and weaknesses.  She observed that she had a lot of growing to do before she took her first … [Read more...]

The Nursing Leadership Dilemma with 30 Day Readmissions of Medicare Patients

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Over 2000 hospitals in the United States received some very bad news last week about their future reimbursement from Medicare.  They will be penalized by the government on Medicare reimbursement during 2013 because many of their patients are being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge.  These penalties have been … [Read more...]