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Nurses, Parachutes, Stools, and the Career You Truly Want

Digital Doorway

When a resume or application is submitted online by an applicant, they are often sucked into a digital black hole where they can disappear forever. So many nurse job-seekers who contact me tell stories of how the receipt of their resumes and applications are completely unacknowledged by the companies to which they're applying.

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Your Nursing Career Report Card

Digital Doorway

Your career toolbox: I've written and podcasted about the nursing career toolbox before, so let's review what that means. Your resume may be awesome and your nursing skills could be through the roof, but if you're in the dumps every day about the direction your career is heading, it's time for a change.

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5 Actions for Overcoming Nursing Career Attention Deficit Disorder

Digital Doorway

Nursing Career Attention Deficit Disorder occurs when we're simply overwhelmed with information and responsibility. Overcoming that sense of overwhelm certainly takes discipline and focus, whether it's committing to self-care, job-hunting, or updating your resume. It's simple in theory and harder in practice.

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10 Strategies for Feeding the Nurse's Inner Life

Digital Doorway

In managing their careers and busy lives, nurses can be very focused on the "outer" aspects of life and work: family, chores, shopping, resumes, job-hunting, pursuing education, social media, etc. But how do we keep the nurse's inner life fed and watered? It's almost like our entire culture has ADHD.

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Six Steps to Being a Better Nurse Communicator

Minority Nurse

My home-based work as a 100% self-employed nurse entrepreneur involves a great deal of conversation with career coaching clients, my editors, my wife (and business partner), colleagues, friends, and myriad others. No matter what type of workplace you spend time in, communication will likely be key to what you do.

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Six Steps to Being a Better Nurse Communicator

Digital Doorway

For myself, my home-based work as a 100% self-employed nurse entrepreneur also involves a great deal of conversation with career coaching clients, my editors, my wife (and business partner), colleagues, friends, and myriad others. As mentioned above, being conscientious when emailing or texting is prudent.