What Can I Do to Enhance My Nursing Career Part 1

What Can I Do to Enhance My Nursing Career {Part 1}

1. 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝘀. You don’t have to be good at everything in nursing, but I guarantee you are good at something. Strengthen your weaknesses, but also spend time focusing on your strengths and use these to uplevel.

2. 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. Taking care of patients is the bread & butter of what we do as nurses. But sometimes we lose sight of that. During your next shift, take a few extra moments to connect with your patient. Your patient is someone’s mom, dad, sister, brother. When we start to humanize those in our care, the experience is so much more meaningful.

3. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Every year on March 19th, nurses who hold specialty certifications are celebrated. Uplevel your career by browsing the many specialty certifications available - from pediatrics to pain management to case management to informatics to cardiovascular nursing, specialty certification can give you additional knowledge, expertise, & credibility to make you stand out among your peers. Just search “Certified Nurses Day” on Google to spark some ideas.

4. 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲. An advanced degree is not for everyone, but if you crave more autonomy, more knowledge, and the potential to make an even bigger impact in healthcare, it may be for you.

5. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. Not every valuable experience is a paid experience. Giving back to the community, to underserved patients, and to the next generation of healthcare leaders is an awesome way to up-level in nursing and can be added to the resume too!

Check out Part 2 in the next blog post!

Categories: : Nursing 101, Tips for Nurses