By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN If you ask a group of nurse leaders what keeps them awake at night, staffing will usually top the list. But in 2026, the leadership agenda has become far more complicated than filling open nursing positions. Today's nurse leaders are managing a workforce that looks very different from the one they led just five years ago. Teams are … [Read more...]
What We Risk When Novice Nurses Go Part-Time
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC In today’s healthcare environment, flexibility is often hailed as the ultimate cure for nurse burnout and the key to retaining staff. Across the country, health systems are reimagining traditional staffing models to accommodate the evolving expectations of the modern workforce. One of the most noticeable emerging trends is that novice … [Read more...]
The Inverted Pyramid: How a Perfect Storm Eroded Acute Care Nursing Experience
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During Inverted Pyramid workshops, I am often asked: How did we get to a place where experienced acute care nurses are in such short supply? This question reminds me of a dialogue in one of Ernest Hemingway's novels, The Sun Also Rises. One of the book's characters asked the other, "How did you go bankrupt?" The character answers, "A … [Read more...]
The Power of Leadership Optics
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The other day, a colleague spoke with me about a situation at work. Her boss, the hospital CEO, spoke with her about not spending enough time - "minding the store." She has been working on building her leadership brand and has begun putting herself out there for speaking events and national task forces. In her mind, her new … [Read more...]
Assessing Novice Nurse Density on Units and Shifts
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The work I am doing right now on the Inverted Pyramid of Nursing Experience ™ is resonating with not only nurse leaders but also preceptors and charge nurses. Consider the story a charge nurse shared during one of our recent workshops: I think what you are talking about here helps to explain why I feel my work as a charge … [Read more...]
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