Thinking innovatively about your nursing career development
Thinking innovatively about your nursing career development
Minority Nurse; by Keith Carlson, BSN, RN, NC-BC; 1/27/25
Your nursing career is yours to create, and with proper care, your path can be unique, innovative, and idiosyncratic. At the same time, your many obligations and responsibilities can steer you away from your uniqueness and leave you in a rut of choosing the path of least resistance. There are many strategies for choosing a career journey that fits your vision of who you want to be as a healthcare professional, and it’s worth exploring those strategies for the ones that can most readily move you forward. ... Thoughtful questions are a good place to begin your self-assessment. ...
- Looking back, how and why did you make certain choices?
- [Click on the title's link for more questions.]
Editor's note: What systems and support do you have in place to foster your employees' career ladders? What can you improve?