By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Everyday we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future self". Daniel Goldstein We will soon be in a 2012, a brand new year. It is not unusual to establish goals for ourselves both personally and professionally that we hope to achieve during the year. There is good research to support the fact that the act of … [Read more...]
Professional Nursing Boundaries in a Facebook Age
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN The rapid rise of social media such as Facebook, Google + and Twitter are changing the nature of social communication. Facebook alone has 800 million active users globally. With this increase in online networking, the traditional boundaries of the nurse-patient relationship may seem less clear and many health care organizations don't have … [Read more...]
What Nurse Leaders don’t tell Staff about their Leadership Roles
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN In 2003, I conducted research with nurses not currently in leadership positions to determine factors that would lead them to either consider or reject taking a formal leadership position such as nurse manager. In this study, I was interested in learning what feedback staff were hearing about leadership roles from current nurse leaders. I … [Read more...]
What New Graduates Need from their Nurse Leaders
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN It may not surprise you to learn that the highest turnover in most nursing organizations occurs with new graduates in their first year of nursing practice. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (2011) in the United States reports that this turnover is 25 percent a year. This is a significant issue when you consider … [Read more...]
When Your Manager does not Support Your Career Goals
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "No one can make us feel inferior without our consent" Eleanor Roosevelt It happened again last week. One of our young, rising star nurse leader graduate students came to talk with me about a dilemma she was having at work. We had just met earlier in the day with her mentor who is a senior leader in her organization. The mentor was … [Read more...]
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