Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

The Realities of Nurse Retention

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many nurse leaders tell me they feel defeated about their high unit turnover often losing valued nursing staff. Some have been in their roles for years and wonder if they are still the right leader for the job. We have all heard the phrase – Nurses don’t leave organizations; they leave their leaders. And while that may have … [Read more...]

When Lack of Childcare Drives Nurse Turnover

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The Nursing Workforce in 2021 is not the same workforce we had in 2019 - especially demographically. Large numbers of Baby Boomer and Older Gen X nurses have or are in the process of retiring. 60% of the current nursing workforce are either Millennials or Generation Z. By 2025, these two generations will be closer to 75% of the … [Read more...]

Playing the Long Game in Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN These are tough times to be a nurse leader. You may be asking yourself the question - do I really want to do this anymore?  So many leaders from the frontline to the C-suite have verbalized this sentiment to me in the last six months. Nursing needs leaders like you more than ever. A staff nurse recently told me on a webinar … [Read more...]

Intent to Leave Nursing – A New Phenomenon?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN               What have you changed your mind about relative to the nursing workforce? This is a question that I often ask leaders and reflect on myself. For most of the four decades that I have worked in nursing, I have rarely seen nurses leave the profession. Their jobs … [Read more...]

Another Kind of Moral Distress

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN "I can't do this again." Over the past 3 weeks, frontline nurse leaders tell me that they hear this from staff as regions quickly move into a fourth COVID surge driven largely by the Delta variant and significant percentages of the population who remain unvaccinated.  Some nurses have not recovered from their experiences in the … [Read more...]