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2020: The Year of the Nurse lifts off

January 1, 2020

When the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 2020 would be designated The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, enthusiasm rippled throughout the global nursing community. Coinciding…

COVID-19 and The Year of the Nurse and Midwife

April 1, 2020

In 2019, with the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth pending in May of the following year, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the invaluable contributions of nurses…

Midcareer nursing advancement

June 28, 2020

Reflect, be objective, and tap into your network. (more…)

Nurse Entrepreneurship: No Longer on the Fringes

February 6, 2023

A decade or more ago, when I told someone that I was a nurse entrepreneur, I would get the most quizzical and confused looks, including from quite a…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: Doubling down on nursing

July 14, 2021

As the American nursing profession turns a corner into the next chapter of the COVID-19 pandemic, many nurses may be considering their next steps in both life and…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: Overcoming 21st Century Angst

June 8, 2021

When the 21st century dawned several decades ago, the next one hundred years — and the new millennium — were seen as a new beginning, a time of great possibility…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: Public health’s PR problem

August 4, 2022

Does public health need a George Clooney? Public health has always had a public relations problem. While innumerable nursing school graduates have pursued ICU, emergency nursing, trauma, and…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: The nurse as Hermetic messenger

November 4, 2021

Nurses fulfill myriad roles in the course of their work: counselor, healer, priest, rabbi, psychopomp, advocate, protector, confessor, educator, coach, among others. And amidst each of these various…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: The nurse’s lament

June 3, 2022

As a career coach who fields daily calls from nurses across the United States, I hear many stories about the state of the nursing profession. I also hear…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: The Trauma of Healthcare Workplace Violence

November 18, 2022

It’s no secret that jobs in nursing carry inherent threats to personal safety. From needlesticks and back injuries to infection with dangerous pathogens, the risks are real. However,…

Nurses and emotional Teflon

February 3, 2020

Nurses work hard, and the nature of their labor exposes them to many emotionally-charged situations, strong feelings, moral and ethical dilemmas, and the slings and arrows of being…

Out-of-the-Box Nurses Setting the Pace

May 14, 2021

If you ask the average American on the street what a nurse does, the answer will most likely involve hospital-based patient care. While that characterization is indeed a…

The COVID-19 pandemic: Rethinking your nursing career

September 25, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world on every level imaginable, and nurses’ lives and careers are not immune. Nurses may find themselves on the front lines in…

The nurse as their own worst critic

March 10, 2020

Even though nurses are the largest segment of the healthcare workforce and serve as the veritable backbone of the industry, there are many ways in which nurses themselves…

Walking in Uncertainty: The future of American healthcare

February 17, 2022

Existential angst has been our constant companion over the last two years as the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shaken our healthcare system — and our very lives, economies, and societies…

Want to be a Nurse Leader? You Already Are

August 3, 2023

In nursing and healthcare, there’s nothing quite like an inspired and inspiring nurse leader. Organizations live and die at the hands of those who hold the reins, and…

When Nurses Roar: Embracing Advocacy and Empowerment

May 3, 2023

There are just over 4 million nurses in the United States, and as Gallup’s most trustworthy profession for two decades running, one would think that nurses’ voices would…

2020: The Year of the Nurse lifts off

When the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 2020 would be designated The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, enthusiasm rippled throughout the…

COVID-19 and The Year of the Nurse and Midwife

In 2019, with the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth pending in May of the following year, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the…

Midcareer nursing advancement

Reflect, be objective, and tap into your network. (more…)

Nurse Entrepreneurship: No Longer on the Fringes

A decade or more ago, when I told someone that I was a nurse entrepreneur, I would get the most quizzical and confused looks,…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: Doubling down on nursing

As the American nursing profession turns a corner into the next chapter of the COVID-19 pandemic, many nurses may be considering their next steps…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: Overcoming 21st Century Angst

When the 21st century dawned several decades ago, the next one hundred years — and the new millennium — were seen as a new beginning, a…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: Public health’s PR problem

Does public health need a George Clooney? Public health has always had a public relations problem. While innumerable nursing school graduates have pursued ICU,…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: The nurse as Hermetic messenger

Nurses fulfill myriad roles in the course of their work: counselor, healer, priest, rabbi, psychopomp, advocate, protector, confessor, educator, coach, among others. And amidst…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: The nurse’s lament

As a career coach who fields daily calls from nurses across the United States, I hear many stories about the state of the nursing…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: The Trauma of Healthcare Workplace Violence

It’s no secret that jobs in nursing carry inherent threats to personal safety. From needlesticks and back injuries to infection with dangerous pathogens, the…

Nurses and emotional Teflon

Nurses work hard, and the nature of their labor exposes them to many emotionally-charged situations, strong feelings, moral and ethical dilemmas, and the slings…

Out-of-the-Box Nurses Setting the Pace

If you ask the average American on the street what a nurse does, the answer will most likely involve hospital-based patient care. While that…

The COVID-19 pandemic: Rethinking your nursing career

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world on every level imaginable, and nurses’ lives and careers are not immune. Nurses may find themselves on…

The nurse as their own worst critic

Even though nurses are the largest segment of the healthcare workforce and serve as the veritable backbone of the industry, there are many ways…

Walking in Uncertainty: The future of American healthcare

Existential angst has been our constant companion over the last two years as the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shaken our healthcare system — and our very…

Want to be a Nurse Leader? You Already Are

In nursing and healthcare, there’s nothing quite like an inspired and inspiring nurse leader. Organizations live and die at the hands of those who…

When Nurses Roar: Embracing Advocacy and Empowerment

There are just over 4 million nurses in the United States, and as Gallup’s most trustworthy profession for two decades running, one would think…

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