By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN During national nursing recognition week, I gave 7 presentations both locally and outside my geographic area. As is my custom, I usually give the leadership in the healthcare organizations a choice of a number of topics. This year, every presentation requested was built around the topics of stress, burnout and resiliency. The … [Read more...]
When You Are Stressed
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you are like most nurse leaders today, you probably feel the stress of a rapidly changing healthcare environment with increasing expectations and responsibilities. How to balance the demands and control your own stress level can sometimes be challenging. In a blog on ways that successful people defeat stress, author Heidi Halvorson … [Read more...]
The Power of Pausing
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "We create the future and optimize leadership potential in the silence and potency of pausing." Kevin Cashman Nursing leaders today find themselves trying to straddle two worlds.....the world of the now and the world of what is ahead with health reform. There are no clear answers about the right strategies to embrace or initiatives to … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Better Manage Your Stress
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I spoke with a colleague on the phone yesterday and asked her how she was doing. "I guess I should say I am doing great", she replied, "but that would not be true." As is true with many nurse leaders, she feels like she has too much on her plate to do and is constantly feeling stressed. These feelings are a way of life in today's work … [Read more...]
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