Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

The Invisible Work of Experienced Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When an experienced nurse leaves a hospital, we often measure the loss in familiar ways: turnover costs, vacancy rates, recruitment expenses, and the time required to orient a replacement. But what if the greatest loss is something we are not measuring?  Experienced nurses do an enormous amount of invisible work that keeps patients … [Read more...]

Workshop – Staying Power: Building a Culture of Retention in the New World of Work

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I am sure many of you saw the article in this week's Wall Street Journal about the challenges of nurse retention in acute care environments. I am happy to partner with NE ONL on our highly rated program, Staying Power: Building a Culture of Retention in the New World of Work, which is offered on November 10th. In this program, we talk about a multifaceted approach to retention … [Read more...]

The Inverted Pyramid of Nursing Experience Workshop

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I am happy to partner with the NY ONL on this important new workshop on the Inverted Pyramid of Nursing Experience™, a growing trend in acute care settings, as noted in a recent Wall Street Journal article about today's hospital turnover. This workshop addresses a stark truth every nurse executive, director, and frontline manager must face: You cannot staff your way out of an … [Read more...]

Why Novice Dense Units Need Clinically Expert Nurse Managers

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN For years, nurse managers have asked me what I think about taking on leadership responsibilities on units where they have no clinical expertise. With fewer leadership candidates, organizations have increasingly asked their leaders to do so. In modern healthcare leadership, a persistent management philosophy suggests that leadership … [Read more...]

Translating the Importance of Clinical Experience in the C-Suite

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN As more nurse leaders struggle with novice density (and its accompanying challenges) on their units, they increasingly face criticism from C-suite colleagues. Consider the story a CNO recently shared with me: I just met with our CFO this week. He reviewed the productivity dashboard for 4-East, one of our medical-surgical units. He … [Read more...]