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Spinning It Positive in Nursing Job Interviews

Digital Doorway

Nurses, when you're sitting in a job interview for a new nursing position, do you feel like you have to constantly be on the defensive? Are you anxious about how to respond to questions that seem to be geared towards creating a crack in the foundation of your career and self-confidence?

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Your Nursing Career and a Latte?

Digital Doorway

Don't Forget the Foam The steamed milk and foam that are poured into and over the espresso of your nursing career and nurseness are like the cherry on top of a sundae. The foam may be represented by a special certification or training, deep self-knowledge and self-awareness, keen emotional intelligence.

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Mindset is Everything in Your Nursing Career and Beyond

Digital Doorway

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 nursing and healthcare career. Caffrey and Caffrey wrote: Can nurses practice caring within a healthcare system that promotes codependency?

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The Conscious Creation of Your Nursing Career

Digital Doorway

The ICU, ED, trauma, and other specialties provide opportunity for serious focus on pathophysiology and a plethora of nursing skills, and we need nurses in these areas of practice who are thrilled to be there. Is doing hands-on care something that matters to me? What kind of people do I like to work with?

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Your Nursing Career Report Card

Digital Doorway

Your career toolbox: I've written and podcasted about the nursing career toolbox before, so let's review what that means. Self-care and wellness: Self-care and personal wellness can be inextricably connected to time management since we can easily let go of our self-care when time just slips through our fingers.

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Six Steps to Being a Better Nurse Communicator

Minority Nurse

One of the most important non-clinical skills for a nurse to develop is the strong power of communication. Nursing care is built on the foundation of communication. However, we nurses who are so tuned into the needs and desires of others must also learn how to care for our own needs by saying no when necessary.

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Words as a Barometer of Your Nursing Career

Digital Doorway

We all have bad days, and we also need to be careful when we're at risk of falling into negative language traps that paint us into corners filled with bad feelings, resentment, and negativity -- all of which can contribute to burnout and compassion fatigue. My experience is that nurses are often hesitant to toot their own horns.

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