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From Associate to Ally: 5 Tips to Strengthen Your Professional Relationships

08 December 2023

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From Associate to Ally: 5 Tips to Strengthen Your Professional Relationships

Work is simply more enjoyable when we have strong relationships with those around us. Given how much time we spend at work, and how stressful working in healthcare can be, it makes sense that we would want our work relationships to be fulfilling.

08 December 2023

Updating and Empowering Your Nursing Resume

What’s the state of your resume, and would you feel confident using it tomorrow if a great opportunity came along? Most career specialists recommend updating your resume at least once a year no matter what, so what are you waiting for?

Keith Carlson

01 December 2023

Clarity of Purpose and the Nurse’s Future

The clarity of purpose you experienced after completing your studies can be very empowering and energising, but what happens when that sense of clarity fades, and you feel adrift and without a clear direction?

Keith Carlson

24 November 2023

Workplace Culture - What to Do in a Toxic Situation

Toxic workplace cultures have the ability to hinder personal and professional growth, resulting in aspirations that can’t be realised and self-esteem that slowly gets eroded. Try to stay strong, keep yourself at a level above the goings-on, and ride the rapids, because there’s calm waters ahead.

Christine Suter

17 November 2023

You’re Never 'Just' a Nurse

When a nurse says they’re just a nurse, they’re insinuating that their contributions are unimportant. This form of self-deprecation does nothing to keep nurses’ worth in plain view. Nurses should not squander their stature as arbiters of health and well-being by demeaning themselves or one another.

Keith Carlson

10 November 2023

The Price of Incivility is High - Incivility in the Workplace

We have to learn what it means to be respectful and courteous. That is why workplace values matter. Workplace values need to be visible in the workplace. If we are to reduce incivility in the workplace, we all have to hold ourselves to a higher standard.

Janette Cooper

03 November 2023

Trusting Your Nursing Intuition

As a nurse, you’ve learned many skills throughout the course of your education. Some are considered ‘hard’ skills and others are often characterised as ‘soft’. One so-called ‘soft’ skill that can’t really be taught is learning to tune into, listen to and trust your nurse’s intuition.

Keith Carlson

27 October 2023

Your Nursing Career: The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum

You earn degrees and certifications, care for patients, engage in continuing education, take part in research and otherwise move your career forward in inspiring ways. In the final analysis, the whole of your professional life is certainly greater than the sum of its parts.

Keith Carlson

20 October 2023

Becoming a Three-Dimensional Candidate

Create a three-dimensional portrait of yourself that will make a potential employer fall over themselves to bring you on board.

Keith Carlson

13 October 2023

Healthcare Workers and Change

Healthcare professionals must, by nature, grow as the world around them evolves. With so much change as the common denominator, how can you not fall into fear and instead roll with the punches, even as the ground appears to be constantly shifting beneath your feet?

Keith Carlson

06 October 2023

The Nurse’s Emotional Savings Account

You may already know how to practice good self-care and make deposits to your emotional savings account for future moments when the going gets significantly tougher. If you’re not quite on board with this idea, you may want to look again at how to strengthen your emotional reserves.

Keith Carlson

29 September 2023

Preparing for a Nursing Job Interview

If you’re a nurse who’s landed a job interview, there are several important ways to prepare. No matter the role, adequate preparation will help relieve your anxiety and put you in a position to shine.

22 September 2023

Nursing, Privacy and the Risks of Social Media

Whilst you may not think your social media use could have an impact on your career, there are a number of possible implications if you haven’t taken adequate steps to protect yourself.

Zoe Hughes

15 September 2023

Leading With Warmth and Strength

If great leadership is the ability to influence, inspire and motivate others to achieve, what are the qualities that make this happen? According to John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut, the answer lies in the delicate balance of warmth and strength, or likeability and the ability to get things done.

Janette Cooper

08 September 2023

How to Make a Professional First Impression in Healthcare

We all try to make the best first impression that we can – whether we are working clinically as a nurse, a care worker, a pharmacist in the community, or even just generally in society. When seeking job opportunities, you may be especially determined to put your best foot forward.

Madeline Gilkes

30 August 2023

How Do Nurses Show Leadership During a Crisis?

Nurses are everywhere, and throughout history they’ve frequently been the ones who won’t hesitate to help. Today’s article discusses how and why nurses are natural leaders in crisis situations.

24 August 2023

How Nurses Can Avoid a Self-Care Deficit

Nurses are great at helping and serving others. But on the other hand, nurses can be notoriously bad at taking care of themselves. But it doesn't have to be that way.

17 August 2023

How Do Nurses Prepare for Career Change?

Change is inevitable — and so is being prepared for it. Today’s article discusses changing your career within the nursing profession and ways to prepare for it.

10 August 2023

Selecting Activities and Engaging in Meaningful CPD

Today we extend our Guide to CPD to help you help you select relevant, meaningful activities.

19 July 2023

Setting Your Learning Goals

The identification and consideration of learning goals is a key component of completing CPD. Learning goals are invaluable in identifying strengths and competencies, setting your direction and documenting key outcomes desired.

13 July 2023

The Handover