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Nurse Specialist or Nurse Generalist?

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Nurse specialists and nurse generalists are both common within the nursing profession and 21st-century healthcare, and both serve important purposes in patient care as well as non-clinical settings. What are the repercussions for your nursing career? What does it mean to choose to be a specialist or generalist?

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Your Nursing Job: The Same Old Bed of Nails or a Comfortable Old Shoe?

Digital Doorway

These types of questions can lead to very interesting discussions about self worth, career development, personal and professional history, and how you view yourself as a healthcare professional and nurse. Or is there a lack of self-confidence that needs to be overcome? Is management responsive and self-reflective?

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Six Steps to Being a Better Nurse Communicator

Digital Doorway

One of the most important non-clinical skills for a nurse to develop is strong powers of communication. Nursing is itself a highly collaborative practice in most instances, thus nurses need communication skills that will make this aspect of their work lives smoother to navigate.

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Your Nursing Career Mitochondria

Digital Doorway

You may have been inspired by a family member (I had three nurses on my father's side of the family), or perhaps by a friend who was a nurse. I want nurses to feel supported as professionals, and I love speaking directly to them about their struggles and pain and how to overcome or subvert them.

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Six Steps to Being a Better Nurse Communicator

Minority Nurse

One of the most important non-clinical skills for a nurse to develop is the strong power of communication. Nursing care is built on the foundation of communication. However, we nurses who are so tuned into the needs and desires of others must also learn how to care for our own needs by saying no when necessary.