Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Learning to Live in the Gray Zone

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN So how do we teach nurses not to be such black-white thinkers? This is an interesting question asked by leaders in several recent leadership development sessions. One manager gave an example: Last week, one of my young nurses was assigned to six patients. Working with her was our most experienced patient care technician; his … [Read more...]

Communicating with Generation Z Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Communication for nurse leaders across generational groups is becoming more complex. We now have two generations (Millennials and Generation Z) that prefer not to communicate via email, yet it is the formal mechanism for communication in most organizations. With Gen Z nurses, even text messages to let them know about an important … [Read more...]

Why Mattering At Work Matters

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A common theme I hear today from leaders is that frontline nurses are increasingly angry about staffing decisions made without their input. One leader related the following story: One of my night nurses came to me in tears this week. She had come in to work her shift, although she was physically sick because she did not want … [Read more...]

When Parents Choose the Major

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN For months, nurse leaders have told me that many new graduates are entering nursing but seem to lack the calling and purpose to do the work. One leader recently related the following story when one of her young staff came to her and told her she was leaving nursing. So one of my young nurses came to me after finishing her … [Read more...]

Helping Nurses With Financial Wellbeing

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By Rose O. Sherman, Ed.D, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many nurse leaders are frustrated with how transactional nursing has become. In a pulse study done by the American Nursing Association in July 2022, 68% of nurses indicated that the one thing hospitals could do to make the environment more satisfying is to increase wages or give bonuses. They look at what travel nurses are paid … [Read more...]