Metacognition: Thinking About Your Thinking About Your Nursing Career

In the world of nursing and non-nursing education, metacognition is a common pedagogical concept for nurse educators to consider when working with students on the path to becoming licensed healthcare professionals. Metacognition is at its most basic the act of thinking about your thinking. Aside from its commonplace setting of education, metacognition can be also considered in terms of how we approach our nursing careers and professional lives. So let ' s stop and think about our thinking, shall we?Photo by Ricards Zalmezs on UnsplashMetacognition and the Earnest NurseWhen you think about your nursing career, what do you think about? Is it how unhappy you are or how you ' re mistreated by a particular colleague or supervisor? Are you confused about what might be the next best career move for you? Does the next chapter of your life feel completely unfathomable? Do you actively examine your thoughts or do you get stuck in moments you just can ' t get out of (like the old U2 song)?In my work as a career coach for nurses and healthcare professionals, I often hear stories from clients who feel caught in circular thinking wherein they cogitate about the same ideas or problems over and over again, ad nauseum. When thinking becomes habitual or reactive in this way, additional stress is put on the thinker if he or she isn ' t making any progress in what is perceived as the " right " direction.For those who practice meditation, the goal is generally not to stop your...
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