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...]
Charge Nurse Perspectives on Frontline Nursing Leadership
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN This week, I am attending the Sigma Theta Tau 41st Biennial Convention in Dallas, Texas. For those of you not familiar with Sigma Theta Tau, it is an international nursing honor society with chapters in 86 countries. I am attending the conference to present the findings of a research study that was done in 2010 involving charge nurses and … [Read more...]
How to Cite an Emerging Nurse Leader Blog Posting
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Great ideas are meant to be shared. You may find thoughts in these blogs that you want to include as part of paper that you are writing for school or a journal article. You will notice that there is a copyright statement on each Emerging RN Leader blog post. Please feel free to use and share the ideas in these blogs but be sure to cite … [Read more...]
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