This blog is for new and aspiring nurse leaders throughout the world who are interested in nursing leadership as career path. You may be in your first nursing leadership position or perhaps you just became a Registered Nurse but see leadership in your future. My goal is to provide you with leadership development information that is cutting edge and incorporates best practices … [Read more...]
Coaching Novice Nurses Through Mistakes
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In a novice-dense clinical environment, mistakes are not just individual missteps—they are warning signs of cognitive overload, task saturation, and the systemic challenges facing early-career clinicians. When a novice nurse makes an error or experiences a near-miss, a leader’s immediate response shapes how the novice will react far … [Read more...]
Diplomacy: An Underrated Skill in Nursing Leadership
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Dr. Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, the current ANA President, was interviewed for the August edition of the Journal of Nursing Administration. As part of the interview, she was asked which competencies are essential for emerging nurse leaders. Mensik-Kennedy notes in her insightful response: "We talk a lot about advocacy, and nurses are … [Read more...]
The Nurse Manager as Clinical Safety Architect in Novice Dense Environments
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In today’s acute care environments, frontline clinical teams look dramatically different than they did a decade ago. The sharp decline in clinical tenures has reshaped unit demographics into an inverted structure: a heavy majority of novice nurses with under two years of experience supported by a narrow base of seasoned clinical … [Read more...]
How Social Media Shapes Nurses’ Expectations
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When I began my career many years ago, nurses like me learned what "normal" looked like from the hospitals we worked in and the nurses we worked with. Today, long before a nursing student wears their first pair of scrubs or sits for the NCLEX, their professional career advisor has already been working overtime. It doesn't sit in an … [Read more...]
Maintaining Strategic Awareness in Challenging Times
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I have been surprised over the last few weeks, in my conversations with nurse leaders, by how little strategic awareness many frontline nurse leaders have of the grave implications of the Big Beautiful Bill (HR - 1) for the financial viability of their own organizations. Some are also unaware of the impact of rapid demographic … [Read more...]
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