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Spinning It Positive in Nursing Job Interviews

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

From speaking with other nurses who work here at Hospital Y, I've learned that collaboration and teamwork are central to how you conduct patient care, and my colleagues rave about the workplace culture here. From 2012 until its sunset in 2017, Keith co-hosted RNFMRadio, a groundbreaking nursing podcast.

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Nurse Specialist or Nurse Generalist?

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

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. Pediatric nurses, dialysis nurses, school nurses, and others also play their parts in specific areas of clinical focus and patient care.

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Your Nursing Career Legacy

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

The level of satisfaction that can be derived from walking patients through their journey may be all you need to feel you've lived a life worth living -- your heart may be filled by the fact that your patients carry a piece of you with them as they move into a world beyond treatment and hospitals.

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A Message to the Nurse's Future Self

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

The Legacy of the Nurse A nurse's life and career are more than the sum of patients cared for and colleagues supported. I've known nurses who fed the homeless and cared for wounded animals. From 2012 until its sunset in 2017, Keith co-hosted RNFMRadio, a groundbreaking nursing podcast. Did you laugh? Did you cry?

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What Is Your Nursing "North Star"?

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Mind you, we may do it very well indeed--providing very good care for our patients along the way--but it's still " just a job ". This doesn't mean to imply that task-oriented nurses can't provide excellent patient care -- they can and do. All things Nurse Keith can be found at NurseKeith.com.

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Day Shift vs. Night Shift: A Consistent Nursing Dilemma

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Autonomy and relative quiet: During night shift, patients' families and visitors are generally not around, nor are most physicians and providers. Thus, things are pretty quiet and nurses can focus more on patient care with fewer distractions. Some nurses have a hard time giving up nights for this reason alone.

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The Three R's of Nursing

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Even when nurses began to organize and systematize nursing science and nursing education, it was a slow road to true recognition of our important contributions to patient care. From 2012 until its sunset in 2017, Keith co-hosted RNFMRadio, a groundbreaking nursing podcast. All things Nurse Keith can be found at NurseKeith.com.

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