New Year, New Beginning, New Nurse

While 2014 is still in its infancy, the year has certainly begun in earnest. And for many of us, plans are afoot for what this year could actually look like in the bigger picture. Are you making plans and dreaming dreams?On New Year's Eve, I published a post entitled, "Your Wild and Precious Nursing Career", borrowing and paraphrasing a quote from a famous poem by Mary Oliver. I wrote:  The poet Mary Oliver once wrote in her poem, "The Summer Day": “Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life?” Taking Oliver's poem fragment as a place to begin, I'll ask this question:"Tell me, nurseWhat is it that you plan to dowith your wild and precious nursing career?"Responses to this post were wholly positive, with comments focusing on the distinction that I drew between making resolutions and intentions (I personally favor intentions), as well as readers gushing over how much they love Mary Oliver. (I guess good ol' Ms. Oliver has some nice traction among nurse types.)In terms of resolutions and intentions, I shared the following:I'm never one to make resolutions (since they're so easily broken). Instead, I set intentions, because intentions are simply the verbalization of one's desires, not a sacrosanct promise. This may seem like the splitting of hairs, but the distinction helps me to feel empowered by my goals and desires, rather than weighed down by their apparent impossibility.  I followed this with:Taking into consideration v...
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