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JUNE 29, 2025

By Rose O Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A new nurse manager recently asked my advice on how she could become less defensive. She noticed that when her director suggested how something could have been done differently, she found herself reacting to what she perceived as criticism. On one level, she knew her reaction was […] The post Becoming Less Defensive in Your Leadership Role appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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JUNE 18, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When I ask nurse managers about their roles, they often discuss the exhaustion they feel due to the 24/7 accountability expected of leaders. I have been giving a lot of thought to this recently, and what has changed since I was a nurse manager many years ago, […] The post 24/7 Accountability Versus 24/7 Accessibility appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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MARCH 12, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Health systems are facing serious headwinds this year with potential cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and the federal subsidy of health exchanges. A declining economy also threatens the jobs of a significant number of workers in the US and, with it, their health insurance. But these are not […] The post Implications of Health Systems Losing their Non-Profit Status appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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JULY 16, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many leaders today report to me that they feel like they are the device police on their units. When they attempt to raise concerns with staff about the importance of remaining situationally aware today, they often receive blank stares or shrugs of disinterest. Consider the following story […] The post Teaching Situational Awareness appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Communication

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JUNE 15, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Over the past six months, I have conducted focus groups in two organizations, examining leadership behaviors that influence nurses’ engagement or disengagement in their unit’s shared governance. One of the points I repeatedly heard from younger staff was that nurse leaders did not take action on problems […] The post Developing a Bias for Action appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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MAY 28, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse Managers have one of the most challenging roles in healthcare today. They are at the frontline of care and usually among the first to witness trends in both the workforce and workplace. I pay close attention to the questions they ask during the leader development session […] The post Ten Questions Nurse Managers Are Asking appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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JULY 27, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The concept of social capital and its impact on teamwork is not a new one. I published a blog on this topic a decade ago (on this site) after watching a popular TED talk (more than 4 million views) titled “Why it’s Time to Forget the Pecking […] The post Building Social Capital in Nursing appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Business

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JULY 24, 2025

Just a few slots left in our program next week. If you are a nurse leader or educator trying to bridge the generational gaps with your workforce, this program is for you. We will discuss state-of-the-art strategies around communication, conflict management, and promoting more effective teamwork. Join us for this vital program. The post Just a Few Slots Left for Next Week appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Promotion

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JULY 13, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN. NEA-BC, FAAN Recently, several nurse managers have talked with me about a trend that they are seeing with their younger staff – they are requesting assurances of anonymity. Consider the following story, a manager related in a session: We recently conducted an employee engagement survey in my hospital. I […] The post When Staff Want Anonymity appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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JUNE 4, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Business has never been better in health systems. Patient volumes have remained high with no expected decrease in demand anytime soon. The irony in healthcare is that while business may be great, costs continue to rise that can’t be transferred to payers or individual patients. Reimbursement can […] The post Nurse Leaders Proactively Plan for Budget Cuts appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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MAY 11, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN To economize and prepare for the economic challenges ahead, some health systems have already begun eliminating nursing leadership roles, impacting numerous loyal, hard-working nurse leaders. How do you leave an employer who downsizes you out of a position without conveying anger? I recently talked with a leader […] The post Making a Graceful Exit at a Difficult Time appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Increasingly, acute care areas are now staffed with nurses with three years or less of clinical experience. Most new graduates today are young, and in addition to lacking clinical expertise, they also lack life experience. Consider the story of an urgent care director who recently discussed this […] The post Why Younger Staff Need Critical Incident Debriefings appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Communication

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DECEMBER 22, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse manager confesses that she is taking her first out-of-town vacation during the holidays and is worried. Her medical center is short-staffed, and her young staff often call her to help them figure out assignments or how to manage call-ins. They are so dependent on me […] The post More Yoda and Less Superman in 2025 appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD. RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I was reminded again last week in talking with managers about how important leadership boundaries are today. I asked how many of you have a hard stop to your days. The answer was very few – most don’t have hard boundaries about when they leave at the […] The post Setting a Hard Stop to Your Day in Leadership appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During a recent workshop, I asked nurse managers what they felt was the biggest workforce problem they face today. Without hesitation, they talked about the mismatch between what new graduates expect nursing to be and what they find it to be when they enter practice. The late […] The post When Expectations About Nursing Are Unmet appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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JUNE 25, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse managers today struggle with boundary and communication issues with their staff. Team turnover is high in many units, and there are few expert nurses available to explain unit norms to new staff. It is not surprising that a young nurse texts her manager over the weekend […] The post Developing a Users Guide to You appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Communication

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APRIL 6, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Over the past three weeks, two surveys have been released offering insight into the nursing workforce and nurse leaders. The 2025 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report provided an overview of what happened with the nursing and healthcare workforce in acute care settings during […] The post Top Five Takeaways From Recent Nursing Workforce Research appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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MARCH 16, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In their 2023 bookCulture Shock,Gallup researchers identified a significant threat to employers in the future: a workforce that will increasingly want gig or contract work. Nurse leaders began talking with me about this trend a few years ago. New graduates were entering practice, finishing residency programs, asking […] The post The Rise of a Gig or Contract Nursing Workforce appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Communication

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MARCH 2, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Current research indicates that the overall number of nurses evaluating themselves as emotionally healthy has only improved slightly since 2021. While some of this can be attributed to the turbulent healthcare work environment, there is now emerging research that younger staff under the age of 35 have […] The post The Impact of Lower Baseline Mental Health appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN January and February are proving to be very challenging times for hospitals across the United States. In record numbers, patients with COVID, the flu, RSV, and pneumonia are now being admitted. Becker’s Hospital Review reported that flu cases have surged to numbers that have not been seen […] The post Managing Staff Negativity about Staffing appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Communication

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FEBRUARY 2, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Few nurse leaders would disagree with the need for disruptive innovation in our healthcare systems. Yet, not all innovation works and it can have unintended consequences and high costs. A more immediate return on investment and improvement in productivity for most organizations can be achieved by reducing […] The post Reduce Friction in Nursing in 2025 appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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JANUARY 19, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC A nurse leader recently told me how nurse engagement in her units had plummeted. She needed to put together an action plan, but she was wise enough to see the link between what was happening with her units and her behavior. She shared the following story: I feel […] The post Why Nurse Leader Engagement Matters appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Communication

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

We proudly partner with the New England ONL to present the Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership. The program on January 8th is a great introduction for Nurse Managers to key competencies they need in their roles. The program on January 15th is an excellent introduction to leadership for current, new, or prospective Assistant Nurse […] The post Nuts and Bolts January 2025 – Just a Few Slots Left appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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JULY 23, 2025

I am proud to partner with the North Carolina Organization of Nurse Leaders to offer our signature workshop, The Nurse Leader Coach, on Friday, September 5th. This workshop receives rave reviews and is designed for nurse leaders at every level, as well as nursing professional development specialists. Most nurse leaders believe they are already effective […] The post Nurse Leader Coach Workshop 9/05/2025 appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Professional Development

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JULY 22, 2025

We are pleased to once again partner with ONL New England to offer our highly rated Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership program this fall. This is an excellent opportunity for your new and emerging leaders to learn with leaders across the United States. You don’t need to be a member of ONL NE to […] The post Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership September Programs appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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JULY 9, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN As health systems design well-being programs for staff, one often overlooked social determinant of work health is the stress of being a caregiver to elderly parents and relatives. In a recent article in the July-August Harvard Business Review titled Your Company Needs an Eldercare Policy, the authors […] The post Eldercare – A Growing Stressor for Nurses appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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JUNE 11, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA, BC, FAAN Helping staff to navigate their conflicts with one another has always been challenging for nurse leaders. In recent McKinsey research on the nurse manager role, nurse managers indicated that managing conflict and performance issues are the top frustrations in their role and areas where they need […] The post Helping Staff Navigate Conflict Is Getting Harder appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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MAY 4, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN For several years, nurse leaders have told me that many new graduates are entering nursing but seem to lack the calling and purpose to do the work. With the economy in turbulence and AI on the rise, nursing seems to be a safer career choice for employability […] The post When Nursing is Not Your Passion appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Communication

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APRIL 9, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Dr. Jean Twenge, researcher and author of the book Generations,noted, The breakneck speed of cultural change means that growing up today is a completely different experience from growing up in the 1950s, or 1980s or even the 2000s. These changes have impact. The era when you were […] The post Keeping an Eye on Generation Z Nurses appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Communication

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MARCH 23, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurses and their leaders struggle with burnout and exhaustion. A contributor is the inability to decompress after work effectively. Press Ganey, a leading provider of experience measurement, published a report that analyzed data from over 345,000 clinical RN voices to understand today’s nursing workforce better and recommend […] The post Decompression from Work appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Communication

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FEBRUARY 23, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Every year, Gallup polls the qualities the workforce globally looks for in leaders. The data is in for 2025, and the answer is that staff want to work for hopeful leaders. Four attributeshope, trust, stability, and compassionalways track in the top four, but this year, the need […] The post Being a Hopeful Nurse Leader appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Self-promotion is a component of both building a leadership brand and a leader’s effectiveness and long-term success. We urge leaders today to develop their expertise, to write about and speak about their work, and to be active on social media platforms like LinkedIn. But how much is […] The post How Much Self-Promotion is Too Much appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Promotion

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

We proudly partner with the New England ONL to present the Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership. The program on January 8th is a great introduction for Nurse Managers to key competencies they need in their roles. The program on January 15th is an excellent introduction to leadership for current, new, or prospective Assistant Nurse […] The post Upskill Your Leaders in 2025 with the Nuts and Bolts Program appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN As we approach the end of 2024, the trending topics that nurse leaders are talking about right now include the following: The work of nurses, especially in acute care environments, is increasingly complex due to higher patient acuity, sustained patient volumes, and documentation requirements to achieve full […] The post What’s Trending Now for Nurse Leaders appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Communication

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JUNE 1, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A frequent question that CNOs ask me when we arrange nurse leader development workshops is whether they should participate. Many want to give their managers the ability to share their ideas freely, but worry that they may not do so if the CNOs are present. My response […] The post Why CNOs Should Participate in Nurse Manager Development Sessions appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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APRIL 20, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many nurses feel like they no longer matter as individuals to their organizations. A Surgeon Generals report issued in 2023 called for workplaces to do a better job of protecting employee mental health. The report stated that one of the essentials for well-being at work is mattering, […] The post The Power of Helping Staff Feel Like They Matter appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

Mental Health

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APRIL 13, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The following story is a familiar one that I hear from nurse managers today: “I feel like I work 24/7 now. My younger staff seem to want access to me at all times. They are so used to instant gratification that they think nothing about texting me […] The post A Guide to You the Leader appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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