Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Are 12 Hour Tours Fueling the Nursing Shortage?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN This is a blog I never thought I would write. For decades despite safety evidence to the contrary, we have embedded 12-hour tours deeply into nursing cultures in acute care settings. Nurse leaders have told me that to discuss revising 12-hour tours in nursing was like a "third rail in politics" considered to be highly charged” and … [Read more...]

Combating Preceptor Burnout

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Kerry Martin, nurse manager at UW hospital, asked me to tackle preceptor burnout in a blog. Kerry writes, "Retention in the nursing workforce has become a struggle. This leaves younger, less experienced nurses at the bedside to care for a more complex patient population. The few experienced nurses that remain have high standards … [Read more...]

When Leaders Become Dealers in Hope

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN           Rose - "I am seeing something new in the nursing workforce right now and it is a lack of hope." These troubling words came from a CNO who told me that nurses were sobbing when they reopened their COVID units last week. They told her that they did not want to do this again as the … [Read more...]

The Crisis of Lost Nursing Knowledge

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Knowledge gaps can be hard to pinpoint and diagnose at first because many work processes today are so intangible and complex.” – David DeLong. A seasoned OR nurse retires and is replaced by a new graduate. Both are nurses, but the knowledge gap between the two is likely to be vast. Today, there is much discussion about … [Read more...]

Top Ten Mistakes Nurse Leader Make

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A leader colleague recently told me that she kept a copy of my blog on nurse leaders' mistakes on her desk as a reminder. I wrote the blog in 2018, but everything in it is still relevant, now more than ever, and I have updated it below: Most leadership mistakes are not big failures but smaller mistakes that they often repeated … [Read more...]