Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
Managing Your Career
How a new nurse can build a resume.
By Connie Curran
The way you start your career as a new nurse is important—but often overlooked. With so much to learn, we tend to focus mostly on the job – we’re so worried that we’re going to hurt a patient. It takes a while before we discover that we’re never going to know everything. So as you start your new job, think about launching your career. Here’s [...]
Managing Your Career
How to set goals that lead to job satisfaction.
By Patti Ludwig-Beymer
Related: Career, Confidence, Education, Feedback, Leadership, Management, New Grad, New Nurse, Nurse Educator, Nursing Associations, Professionalism
“What do you want to be doing in five years?”
It’s a question that 33-year veteran nurse Patti Ludwig-Beymer hates. It never helped her focus on what she really wanted to do. In fact, new nurses who are able to articulate a five-year plan are the minority. Most nurses just hope to make it through another day.
But goal setting is essential to developing as a nurse [...]
Managing Your Career
5 reasons you’re exactly where you need to be.
By Rose Hollister
Related: Communication, Confidence, Delegation, Doctor-Nurse Relationships, Fear, Leadership, Learning, New Grad, New Nurse, New Nurse Tips, Nurse Support, Patient Advocate, Problem Solving
“No, these results are not normal. We know what’s normal.”
The words of Tommy’s parents dripped with condescension.
A second-year nurse on the peds floor, Anna was gaining confidence every day. But this was a blow. Her patient Tommy, who suffered from Nephrotic Syndrome, had been tested. Anna assessed that the results fell within a normal range. Years of dealing with the chronic illness, however, had made [...]
Managing Your Career
Become a nurse who is confident and in charge.
By Rose Hollister
Related: Career, Confidence, Education, Feedback, Leadership, Management, New Grad, New Nurse Tips, Nurse Educator, Nursing Organizations, Seasoned Nurses
The thought of being a leader when you first become an RN may be unimaginable. But leadership is learned, even if at first you don't feel all that confident.
Choose Your Leadership Style
You can learn a lot about the leader you want to become by watching how people work. In your unit, there are positive and negative leaders. Positive leaders are those who are patient advocates, [...]
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