By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Each year in my Introduction to Nursing Leadership graduate course, my students select a chief nursing officer in a health care agency to interview. The students have a list of questions that they ask and then add some of their own. I enjoy these reading these interviews because they highlight the changing challenges in today's health … [Read more...]
What Nurse Leaders can learn from Steve Jobs
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Steve Jobs died on October 5th. Many consider him to be an innovative genius who will be viewed historically in the same way as we view Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. Although he lived only 56 years, he had a remarkable life. The company he co-founded and led, Apple Inc., is globally renown for cutting edge work … [Read more...]
Carefronting: A New Approach to Managing Conflict
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us" Stephen Covey One of the most significant challenges that nurse leaders at every level in an organization face is the management of conflict. In today's environment, nursing teams are composed of staff from different … [Read more...]
Planning your Nursing Leadership Career – The Role of Luck
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN What does luck have to do with it? This is a question that we rarely see asked of nurse leaders when they discuss their career successes. I was intrigued to see Jim Collins and Morten Hansen, authors of Great by Choice, devote a whole chapter to this topic in their new book. Thomas Jefferson was quoted as saying "I am a great … [Read more...]
Teaching Nurses to Delegate
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of being - Goethe Many nurses find it difficult to delegate tasks to other members of their health care team. It is not uncommon to hear a nurse say that they could finish the task themselves in the time that it takes to explain it … [Read more...]
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