Nursing Trends and the ANA -- Part 1 of 2
In the November and December 2017 issues ofAmerican Nurse Today, theANA revealed the results ofa survey of almost 6,000 nurses. This nursing survey explored the state of the profession in relation to trends in nursing salaries, the makeup of the nurse clinician workforce, and workplace culture and environment. Let ' s explore some of what they found -- we ' ll explore more in next week ' s blog post.The ANA frequently utilizes significant data to analyze our profession, so diving into their findings can be quite elucidating. If you ' re not a member of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and don ' t have a login to...
Source: Digital Doorway - February 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: career careers nurse nurses nursing nursing careers Source Type: blogs
Nursing Trends -- Part 1 of 2
In the November and December 2017 issues ofAmerican Nurse Today, theANA revealed the results ofa survey of almost 6,000 nurses. This nursing survey explored the state of the profession in relation to trends in nursing salaries, the makeup of the nurse clinician workforce, and workplace culture and environment. Let ' s explore some of what they found -- we ' ll explore more in next week ' s blog post.The ANA frequently utilizes significant data to analyze our profession, so diving into their findings can be quite elucidating. If you ' re not a member of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and don ' t have a login to...
Source: Digital Doorway - February 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: career careers nurse nurses nursing nursing careers Source Type: blogs
Hispanic Nurses On Fire
I recently spent an incredibly inspiring and powerful weekend with 100 Latino nurse leaders who gathered in San Antonio, Texas for the inauguralNational Association of Hispanic Nurses Leadership Institute. This spirited group of forward thinking nurses of all ages clearly demonstrates that unity, organizing, critical thinking, and planning for the future are part and parcel of enlightened 21st-century nurse leadership.The National Association of Hispanic Nurses is the premier nursing organization focused on growing Latino nurse leaders and uniting the many cultures and people within the Hispanic nursing community throughou...
Source: Digital Doorway - January 30, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: careers healthcare healthcare careers nurse nurse career nurse careers nurses nursing nursing careers Source Type: blogs
Letting Your Nursing Career Magic Out of the Hat
Nurses, do you need some magic to get your nursing career back on track? Career development for nurses isn ' t rocket science, but manifesting some magic and joy for the betterment of your career is certainly possible if you want it. Is it time to let the rabbit out of the hat?Have You Lost the Magic?If your nursing career feels like it ' s lost some of its magic and mojo, don ' t despair -- there ' s plenty you can do to make things right again.Sometimes, our careers feel lackluster because our current area of practice or specialty no longer feels like a good fit -- after all, we change personally over time, and our profe...
Source: Digital Doorway - January 22, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: branding career career development career management careers healthcare healthcare careers nurse nurse career nurse careers nurses nursing nursing careers personal branding Source Type: blogs
Nurses, Gallup, and Amplifying Your Voice
Well folks, nurses did it again. According to the newly released Gallup poll, we ' re still the most trusted professionals in the United States! Let ' s face it - the nursing profession rocks.In this new Gallup poll, nurses are seen as more honest and trustworthy than 21 other American professions, including doctors and members of Congress. In fact, 82% of respondents rated nurses as very high or high in terms of trustworthiness, while physicians received only 65%. Meanwhile, members of Congress are seen as trustworthy and honest by 11%, just 1% more than individuals who sell used cars. Go figure. Even judges clocked in at...
Source: Digital Doorway - January 15, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: career career development healthcare nurse nurse career nurses nursing nursing careers Source Type: blogs
Overcoming Mission Drift in Your Nursing Career
Has your nursing career drifted off course? Do you feel that your current career path isn ' t aligned with your personal or professional mission? You ' re not alone, and there ' s something you can do about it.Going AdriftWe all choose nursing as a career for a variety of reasons. For some, nursing is simply the prudent career choice in order to put food on the table for our families. For others, it ' s a lifelong dream. And for still others, the mission and vision of what being a nurse truly means develops over time, no matter the original reason for pursuing this particular professional path.It ' s a given that our caree...
Source: Digital Doorway - January 8, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: career career development career management careers healthcare healthcare careers nurse nurse career nurse careers nurses nursing nursing careers Source Type: blogs
The BSN Requirement -- A Legislative Sea Change
Do you believe that nurses should be required by the government to have a BSN? Well, the tide is turning and a massive sea change is inexorably underway since New York State Governor Andrew Cuomosigned such legislation into law on December 19th, 2017. It ' s called " BSN in 10 " , and the consequences will be widely felt by the nursing profession in the wake of this controversial move that was 14 years in the making.As most of us are already aware, the Institute of Medicine ' s Future of Nursing Report called for 80% of nurses to be Bachelor ' s-prepared by 2020. Multiple studies have demonstrated that infec...
Source: Digital Doorway - January 3, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: BSN careers healthcare healthcare careers nurse nurse career nurse careers nurses nursing nursing careers Source Type: blogs
Violence Against Nurses -- Our Own #MeToo Moment
It ' s well-known that nurses are often the subjects of bullying by other nurses, a phenomenon often referred to as either " lateral violence " or " horizontal violence " . But what happens when the perpetrator of violence against nurses is a doctor or surgeon, especially in this era of the #MeToo movement?Cedars-Sinai Surgeon Attacks NurseDuring the week of December 14th, 2017, it was brought to light that a former charge nurse from Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles is suing surgeon Kerry Kourosh Assil, the doctor who apparentlyattacked her at work and told her that he did it because she " liked the abuse " . The incid...
Source: Digital Doorway - December 18, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: doctors healthcare nurse nurses nursing physicians Source Type: blogs
In Your Career, Effort is Rewarded by Outcome
In a 21st-century nursing job market where competition is tough, effort is rewarded by outcome. For those nurses and healthcare professionals who sit on their laurels and don ' t do the work, career growth can be stunted. But for those willing to put in the sweat equity, the potential return on investment is high.Doing the WorkCareer development isn ' t rocket science, but it ' s also not a walk in the park. Your career can just happen to you if you ' re not paying attention, but if you dig deep and do your due diligence, you can create the nursing career you really want.The work of nursing career-building and career manag...
Source: Digital Doorway - December 11, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: career career development career management careers healthcare healthcare careers nurse nurse career nurse careers nurses nursing Source Type: blogs
Overcoming Objections During Job Interviews
When you land a nursing job interview, one of your main tasks is to demonstrate that you ' re the ideal nurse candidate for the position. In the course of the conversation, your interviewer is likely to raise objections to why you may not be the best fit or why they might be hesitant to hire you. This is where the rubber hits the road, and you must do the work of overcoming their objections and convincing them that you ' re the person they want.As a career coach, nurses reach out to me because they ' re engaged in the job search process and feel they can ' t effectively counter the objections that potential employers may r...
Source: Digital Doorway - December 4, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: career career development career management careers interviews job interviews nurse nurse career nurse careers nurses nursing Source Type: blogs
Your Nursing Career Legacy
Whether you ' re a nursing educator, researcher, nurse entrepreneur, or nurse clinician, creating a nursing career legacy is both recommended and essential. No matter your place in the nursing ecosystem, leaving something behind that has meaning for you will suffuse your career with a sense of accomplishment.A Relational LegacyFor many nurse clinicians, the nurse-patient relationship is at the center of their nursing work. Some nurses keenly focus on relational and emotional intelligence throughout their careers, and theirraison d ' etrecan be largely driven by creating strong, healthy therapeutic relationships with patien...
Source: Digital Doorway - November 27, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: career career development careers healthcare careers nurse nurse career nurse careers nurses nursing nursing careers Source Type: blogs
When the Career Cookies Crumble
As a seasoned career coach working with nurses and other healthcare professionals, I often hear stories from my clients that are both heartbreaking and maddening. Nurses and nursing students go through so much in their careers, and there can be a lot of pain and struggle along the way. And when things go south and a nurse ' s career seems endangered, it can be a frightening and worrisome time.No matter the cause of a nurse ' s career cookies appearing to crumble, there is almost always a way to get things back to the way they should be. I ' ve seen so many varied scenarios of how a nursing career can take a bad turn, and I...
Source: Digital Doorway - November 13, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: career career development career management careers healthcare careers nurse nurse careers nurses nursing nursing careers Source Type: blogs
The Three-Dimensional Job Search
When most nurse job-seekers are in the market for a new nursing position, their job search process can be somewhat one-dimensional. From my perspective, a three-dimensional job search strategy is generally much more effective. And when it comes to career development, it ' s the same thing. One-dimensionsality breeds one-dimensional results -- why not try something more powerful?The One-Dimensional Job SearchIn a one-dimensional job search process, it kind of looks like this: you get up in the morning, make a cup of coffee, eat breakfast, and open your computer. You then peruse job boards like Indeed and Monster looking for...
Source: Digital Doorway - November 6, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: career career development career management careers healthcare careers job search nurse nurse career nurse careers nurses nursing nursing careers Source Type: blogs
Doing Your Inner Work as a Nurse
Nurse clinicians spend a great deal of time providing care for others. Nurses give physical care (including that which is immediately life-saving), psychoemotional support, and spiritual succor, often in the form of motivational conversation and nurse-to-patient teaching.What is a powerful way for us nurses to empower and elevate our understanding of human behavior, the human condition, and the nature of suffering? By assiduously doing our own inner work throughout a long lifetime of giving, loving, and feeling.Understanding the Self and Understanding OthersWe nurses can more truly understand the suffering and challenges o...
Source: Digital Doorway - October 30, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: careers healthcare healthcare careers nurse nurse careers nurse self care nurse wellness nurses nursing nursing careers self development self-care Source Type: blogs
Jump Aboard the Nurse Wellness Express
Once upon a time, I was talking on the phone with a colleague who is not a nurse himself but who interacts with nurses on a regular basis in his professional life. His comments about nurses and their self-care (or lack thereof) were extremely thought-provoking.Like I ' ve said on this blog many times before, nurses are renowned for not taking good care of themselves, ostensibly because they ' re so busy taking care of others and living the lives of the saints that they are perceived to be. Let ' s face it. We all know that nurses aren ' t saints, while we also acknowledge that many nurses come close to sainthood vis-a...
Source: Digital Doorway - October 16, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: nurse nurse self care nurse wellness nurses nursing self-care Source Type: blogs
