Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Security in Healthcare Today

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Several weeks ago, I attended the American Academy of Nursing meeting in Washington, DC. The growing problem of physical assaults and violence on healthcare staff was discussed with a focus on gun control. Not surprisingly, the murder of a nurse and social worker at Methodist Hospital Dallas was top of mind for many … [Read more...]

An Update on Brenna

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN What are the odds you would talk about a nurse's onboarding experience and then unknowingly have her in the audience when you present a poignant post she wrote on LinkedIn? It happened to me at the OR Manager's conference a few weeks ago. In a keynote, I talked about Brenna's rocky onboarding experience as outlined in the LinkedIn … [Read more...]

Rethinking Meetings

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN All of us have probably had the experience of attending a meeting where there were no outcomes, and the conversation drifted way off the subject of the original intent of the meeting.  Participants leave meetings like this feeling de-energized and perhaps even angry that their time has been wasted.  It can become difficult to maintain … [Read more...]

Watch Your Use of Emojis

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse manager shared the story: "I love to use emojis in my texts to staff. I recently sent a thumbs-upemoji to one of my staff to congratulate her on a well-done job. It had quite the opposite effect when she told me that a thumbs-up emoji is passive-aggressive in her world. I checked with some of my younger staff, and they … [Read more...]

Talking About the Nursing Shortage

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A manager who attended a recruitment and retention workshop recently shared the following observation: "As I listened to you discuss the current shortage and how pervasive it is, I realized that we had not done a great job of communicating this to our staff or leaders for that matter. I have a high level of frustration about … [Read more...]