Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

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...]

Using Net Promoter Data to Improve Retention

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN   Net Promoter or Net Promoter Scores are a widely used market research metric that typically takes the form of a survey question asking respondents to rate the likelihood that they would recommend a company, product, or service to a friend or colleague.  It is part of the HCAHPS patient satisfaction assessment. I have … [Read more...]