Monday, October 10, 2022

Your Nursing Career Mitochondria

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We all know that mitochondria are the energy-producing powerhouses within each cell of our bodies, synthesizing ATP ( adenosine triphosphate...
Monday, October 03, 2022

Your Nursing Job: The Same Old Bed of Nails or a Comfortable Old Shoe?

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Some of us have nursing jobs that are feel like a bed of nails, and some of us nurses have jobs that feel like comfortable old shoes. Have y...
Monday, September 26, 2022

5 Ways to Build Your Network of Nursing Career Allies

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In the course of your nursing career, you need allies who can support you in elevating and advancing your journey as a professional nurse. A...
Monday, September 12, 2022

Mindset is Everything in Your Nursing Career and Beyond

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In my work as a holistic career coach for nurses, there's one thing I've noticed more than anything else: mindset matters to your nu...
Monday, September 05, 2022

Be Yourself, Nurses; Everyone Else is Taken

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Owning and stepping into your own genius as a nurse is important; and genius is, of course, relative for all nurses. At times, we can lose ...
Monday, August 15, 2022

5 Actions for Overcoming Nursing Career Attention Deficit Disorder

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In the midst of a fast-paced, 21st-century life, it's possible for a hard-working nurse to experience what I call Nursing Career Attenti...
Monday, August 08, 2022

The Nurse Warrior: Fighting the Good Fight

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Nurses, the hard-working lifeblood and connective tissue of the healthcare system, can often feel as if they are doing battle with elemental...
Monday, August 01, 2022

Your Untapped Reservoirs of Brilliance

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A few weeks ago, I was speaking with a nurse client who came to me for career coaching , and we were discussing a variety of issues pertaini...
Monday, July 25, 2022

The Continuum of Nurse Career Growth

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The growth of your career as a nurse can be consciously self-generated, or simply a result of happenstance and a laissez-faire attitude tow...
Monday, July 18, 2022

In Job Interviews, Look for the Question Behind the Question

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 Job interview questions. They can cause a whole host of feelings, including anxiety, stress, consternation, and a big old boatload of worry...
Monday, July 11, 2022

Doing Your Inner Work as a Nurse

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Nurses spend a great deal of time providing care for others, and even in non-clinical roles they carry many psychoemotional weights on their...
Monday, July 04, 2022

The Five Rights Of A Healthy Work Environment

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Several years ago, I gave a presentation at a northern California nursing conference on the subject of healthy work environments for nurses....
Monday, June 27, 2022

The Three R's of Nursing

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There are some very basic things that nurses look for -- and deserve -- in the course of their nursing careers. It's clear that this lis...
Monday, June 13, 2022

Is The Nurse's Glass Half Full?

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It's no secret that there's a multitude of unhappy nurses out there in the world. From mandatory overtime to unhealthy nurse-patient...
Monday, June 06, 2022

The "Shoulds" and "Coulds" of Your Nursing Career

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In the world of nurses and nursing, it can feel like we are told what we “should” do with our careers much more often than what we “could” d...
Monday, May 30, 2022

Nurse, What's Your Personal or Professional "Everest"?

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Speaking with a nurse colleague the other day, she was referring to something she’s attempting to do in her life outside of nursing as her “...
Monday, May 23, 2022

The Quixotic Nurse

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As a nurse writer and blogger, I often use metaphor as a way to express deeper ideas about nursing and healthcare. In the past, I've exp...
Monday, May 16, 2022

Be Your Very Own Nursing Career Detective

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If you're an older nurse, you might remember TV shows and movies with a private eye or detective carrying a magnifying glass as he or sh...
Monday, May 02, 2022

Nurses Week: Giving Thanks

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Well, this is it, folks. This is the week that's set aside for nurses to be praised, thanked and stroked. Gratitude goes a long way in t...
Monday, April 25, 2022

A Message to the Nurse's Future Self

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So, my nurse friend, it's twenty years in the future, and you have two more decades of nursing under your belt. You've cared for th...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Is Your Nursing Career on Autopilot?

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Nurses, do you ever feel that your nursing career is on autopilot? Are you coasting, resting on your laurels, or otherwise sitting in the ba...
Monday, April 11, 2022

Hey Nurse, Got Resistance?

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Have you ever found yourself resisting change? Has your nursing career stalled because you're afraid of taking a risk or doing something...
Monday, February 28, 2022

Elevate Your Nursing Job Interview Skills

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Job interviews are a source of stress for many job-seekers, and nurses are no exception. Nursing can feel like a rough and tumble profession...
Monday, February 07, 2022

Day Shift vs. Night Shift: A Consistent Nursing Dilemma

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As a career coach for nurses, I receive a lot of questions and complaints about nursing careers, and one of the most contentious and confusi...
Tuesday, February 01, 2022

For Nurses, "Just" is a Four-Letter Word

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If you're a nurse, when was the last time you said, " Oh, I'm just a nurse " or " I'm not really an expert--I...