Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Why Generations Think Differently

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Each generation is as independent as the one preceding it, as that was true of all which had gone before".      Thomas Jefferson There was a very popular song recorded by the band Buffalo Springfield in the 1960s that began with the lyrics, “There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear."  I am finding that many senior … [Read more...]

Caring-Based Nursing Leadership

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Guest Blogger - Dr. Anne Boykin Dr. Anne Boykin is Dean and Professor Emeritus in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton Florida.  Dr. Boykin is recognized internationally and nationally for her scholarship on Caring.  She has co-authored and edited several books including Nursing as Caring:A Model for Transforming Practice and … [Read more...]

The Words that We Use

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."  Buddha I recently met with a new nurse manager who was struggling in her role.  She was relating to me the difficulties that she was having in gaining the cooperation of staff in some of the changes that she wanted to … [Read more...]

Building Trust in the Workplace

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "I am not upset that you lied to me.  I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you."  - Fredrich Nietzsche Kate Smith asked her nurse manager for a letter of reference for admission to a graduate nursing program.  Her manager assured her that she was a great candidate for the program and she would be happy to write the letter.  Kate … [Read more...]

Navigating Organizational Politics

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The game that you are watching is not always the game that is being played" - a wise mentor Maria Sanchez is an assistant nurse manager in a large critical care unit in an academic medical center.  Three months ago, she was asked if she would accept a temporary position as the task force coordinator for the unit's efforts to receive … [Read more...]