By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power" Lao Tzu A young nurse recently came to see me who wanted leadership mentoring. I asked her to tell me about herself. I was struck by how honest she was about her own strengths and weaknesses. She observed that she had a lot of growing to do before she took her first … [Read more...]
The Nursing Leadership Dilemma with 30 Day Readmissions of Medicare Patients
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Over 2000 hospitals in the United States received some very bad news last week about their future reimbursement from Medicare. They will be penalized by the government on Medicare reimbursement during 2013 because many of their patients are being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. These penalties have been … [Read more...]
The Role of Timing in Nursing Leadership
By Rose O. Sherman, RN, EdD, FAAN “Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience, wait it out. It's all about timing.” ― Stacey Charter My nursing administration students quickly learn as they try to implement projects in their organizations that timing is … [Read more...]
Working on Teams
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Casey Stengel, the beloved manager of many major league baseball teams, once noted that “Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story”. The same could be said of teams in health care settings. Guiding team members to get past their day to day problems, conflicts and communication issues toward a goal of … [Read more...]
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