Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Team Communication

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Poor communication skills in healthcare environments can lead to medical errors, fragmented care, poor team coordination, and incivility. Most problems that occur in teams are traceable back to challenges with communication. So consider the following stories that leaders and friends (not in healthcare) have told me during the last … [Read more...]

Being Promoted from Within

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Promotions from within can be tricky.  Not everyone will be thrilled that you were selected for the position. A new nurse manager recently told me about her struggles managing her former peers. While initially, the staff seemed happy with her selection, she is now finding resistance especially when she attempts to hold her former … [Read more...]

Should I Take This Leadership Role?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A former graduate student called me to discuss a potential job opportunity. She described the opportunity as a "dream job" in a Magnet organization with a hefty salary increase. It would involve relocation to another part of the country. So what is stopping you? I asked. She related the following story: I went to the interview … [Read more...]

Integrating Travel Nurses Into Your Team

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Travel nurses will be part of core team staffing for the foreseeable future in many healthcare settings. Managers should value the experience and adaptability that travelers bring to a group. A downside is that if not integrated into the team, nursing staff may get angry about travel pay, and the travel nurses could recruit your … [Read more...]

Leading Difficult Staff

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC One of the biggest challenges for new leaders is dealing with difficult staff members. Left unchecked, difficult staff can do an amygdala hijack of the team, causing everyone to go into stressful fight-or-flight responses. Consider the following story:  A new manager has several RN team members who have worked on the unit for years yet … [Read more...]