By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN It is spring and many nurse leaders are already interviewing candidates for their nurse residency programs. 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 RN Work Project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation and … [Read more...]
Can You Lead Successfully in Every Setting?
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently spoke with a professional colleague who had worked for many years in one organization and then moved to a completely different health system to take a promotion. At the time that we spoke, she had been in her new role for almost a year yet found herself struggling. She had been very successful in her previous job but it was in … [Read more...]
The Nursing Skill Mix Conundrum
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN My graduate students recently had an assignment to interview their Chief Nursing Officers asking a variety of questions related to challenges in the current environment. I was surprised at how many of them commented on their concern about recent changes in skill mix in their facilities. Unlike the historical skill mix arguments that we … [Read more...]
ICD-10 Starts Today
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you work in healthcare then you probably already know that today is the day that hospitals and healthcare providers must begin using ICD-10 for coding. ICD stands for the International Classification of Diseases developed by the World Health Organization. It is used globally although in many countries, it is not part of their … [Read more...]
Thinking More Strategically
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you ask any healthcare executive recruiter today about key skills that they look for in candidates, the ability to think strategically will be high on the list. That is a competency that everyone is looking for today. Figuring out a winning strategy in today’s health care environment is challenging. The pace of change is rapid. It … [Read more...]
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