Your Nursing Career: Intentions and Positive Change

When the New Year begins in earnest, many of us nurses start to consider what we ' d like to accomplish in our personal lives and nursing careers. We can run around like chickens afraid that the sky is falling all around us, or we can set our intentions and plan for an inspired year.Hindsight Can Serve YouHindsight is sometimes said to be 20/20, and I believe that this is actually a very good thing. Looking back on our accomplishments (or lack thereof) in the previous year, we can accumulate a great deal of data when it comes to making prudent choices for the new year.As you assess last year in terms of your career trajectory, ask yourself the following questions:How do I feel about the way in which my career developed last year? What kinds of career-related choices did I make? If I felt stuck last year, what was it that made me feel that way? If I moved forward last year, what were the choices that really worked for me? Looking back at the previous year will directly inform how you approach the twelve months ahead of you and your nursing career.Don ' t Forget ForesightWe need to make career choices that are prudent and thoughtful; if our intentions are clear, we can choose more wisely. We don ' t want to take a certification course or enroll in a master ' s degree program just because someone said we should; rather, we need to assess what we want and select the most intelligent, affordable, and efficient path to reach our goal.Career choices need to emerg...
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