Nursing Employment Transitions: Knowing What's Next

At any time throughout your nursing career, you may find yourself in a period of transition. What do you do at those times of flux? When a position is cut, your facility downsizes, you decide it's time to move on, or any other reason for which your employment may shift, how do you choose to move things forward? How do you know what's next? For some of us, it's a matter of scanning our personal horizon for a glimpse of what our subsequent  move should be. Do we know someone in a position to hire you? Are we connected with anyone who may be of assistance in our search for a new position? Are we heading in an entirely new direction that necessitates a different strategy? At certain junctures in our career trajectory, it's a matter of picking up the phone, looking online at employment listings, or maybe even perusing the paper if you live in a large metropolitan area where some jobs may even be posted in the paper (a significantly dying source of employment opportunities these days, if you haven't noticed).However, there come points in our nursing career when we truly need to step back, take stock of where we've been, and consider the alternatives open to us at this particular time. Are we interested in a major change? Do we want to go back to school? Is it time to pursue a new specialty area,and the certifications or special trainings that that pursuit may entail? Do we want to be self-employed, or at least partially self-employed? If we were previously w...
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