Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

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...]

Building Trust in Your Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, Ed.D, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN New leaders often wonder why it takes so long to build a trusting relationship in their new roles. Trust is a bedrock of leadership. As Warren Buffet has noted, trust is like the air we breathe- no one notices when it is present. When it is absent - everyone notices." Building trust is a slow and delicate process, and it's largely … [Read more...]

Lead With Gratitude This Week

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN   We have two powerful tools in our leadership toolbox: gratitude and appreciation. What is so interesting about gratitude is that while you make others feel good, Harvard research has found that thanking others will also make you happier. In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly and consistently associated … [Read more...]

Dispelling an Outdated Leadership Tenet

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By Rose O. Sherman, Ed.D, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Like many of you, throughout my leadership career, I was taught that nurses don't leave organizations - they leave leaders. This leadership tenet may have been true at one time, but not today. Nurses are leaving their jobs for many reasons, and on most surveys today, their immediate manager is not even in the top five. Yet I … [Read more...]