On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson compares your nursing career with a delicious, frothy latte. Want to add more flavor to your career? Let's spice it up! This episode of The Nurse Keith Show is sponsored by StaffGarden , a digital healthcare company offering a free, unique, and secure online ePortfolio for nurses who want access to exciting employment opportunities they won't find anywhere else. Click here to check out the upcoming Nationa...
Sep 09, 2016•20 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the notion of approaching your nursing career as a marathon, not a sprint. Your nursing career deserves a 360-degree view at all times; seeing your career from the 10,000-foot view allows you to take the long view and see the forest for the trees. This episode of The Nurse Keith Show is sponsored by StaffGarden , a digital healthcare company offering a free, unique, and secure online ePortfolio f...
Sep 02, 2016•21 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses some thought-provoking and innovative out of the box ways to move your nursing career forward. Tired of the same old career development strategies? Maybe one of these ideas is for you! This episode of The Nurse Keith Show is sponsored by StaffGarden , a digital healthcare company offering a free, unique, and secure online ePortfolio for nurses who want access to exciting employment opportunities ...
Aug 26, 2016•19 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the importance of cover letters, offering specific expert tips and advice for making your cover letters less generic, and more targeted and effective. This episode of The Nurse Keith Show is sponsored by StaffGarden , a digital healthcare company offering a free, unique, and secure online ePortfolio for nurses who want access to exciting employment opportunities they won't find anywhere else. Cli...
Aug 19, 2016•18 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the differences between nurses from Generation X and the Millennial and Baby Boomer generations. In order to have increased nurse satisfaction and a positive workplace culture, the various generations of nurses need to treat one another with compassion while creating positive, collaborative relationships that celebrate one another's strengths. This episode of The Nurse Keith Show is sponsored by ...
Aug 12, 2016•29 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the importance of nurse self care, and the reasons why nurses need to actually take breaks in order to avoid burnout and increase the longevity of their nursing careers. In this episode, Nurse Keith offers a 7-point challenge for nurses to bring self-care to their workplaces. This episode of The Nurse Keith Show is sponsored by StaffGarden , a digital healthcare company offering a free, unique, a...
Aug 05, 2016•22 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses how nurses must be ready and willing to pivot in the course of their nursing careers when the times call for savvy, thoughtful change in the interest of professional development and career satisfaction. Click here to check out the upcoming National Nurses in Business Association annual conference in October of 2016, where Keith will be presenting and exhibiting. Keith is a holistic career coach f...
Jul 29, 2016•23 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses four important things that nurses need to consider saying "yes" to more often. Can't guess what those four things are? Better listen to episode 66 to find out! Click here to check out the upcoming National Nurses in Business Association annual conference in October of 2016, where Keith will be presenting and exhibiting. Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcas...
Jul 22, 2016•24 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, Keith discusses four archetypes of nurse networkers, and how their networking skills benefit their professional careers and nursing career development. Click here to check out the upcoming National Nurses in Business Association annual conference in October of 2016, where Keith will be presenting and exhibiting. Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspiring speaker, and successful nurse entre...
Jul 15, 2016•14 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, we discuss how nurse entrepreneurship is exploding among nurses. Opportunities abound for nurses to create business ventures of any size, and the number of nurse-run businesses will only continue to grow! Click here to check out the upcoming National Nurses in Business Association annual conference in October of 2016, where Keith will be presenting and exhibiting. Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published ...
Jul 08, 2016•25 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, we discuss putting a stake in the ground, taking a stand, and otherwise making inspired choices in the context of your life and your nursing career. Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspiring speaker, and successful nurse entrepreneur. This episode is brought to you by the good folks at American Sentinel University , offering premier online degree programs for nurses. Show notes Find Keith...
Jul 01, 2016•21 min
On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, we discuss how to take full advantage of a new job and a new employer. Getting hired is great, and it's certainly time to do a happy dance; but then you need to seize the opportunity and get as much out of that new position as possible. Carpe diem ! Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspiring speaker, and successful nurse entrepreneur. This episode is brought to you by the good folks at Ame...
Jun 24, 2016•30 min
Nurses, this episode of The Nurse Keith Show is about how to recover (on many levels) from being fired from a nursing position. Losing a job is an emotional event, but it also has legal, financial, and other important implications that are worthy of your attention as you move forward in your career. Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspiring speaker, and successful nurse entrepreneur. This episode is brought to you by the good fo...
Jun 17, 2016•29 min
Nurses, this episode of The Nurse Keith Show is about how you need to acknowledge when you're discouraged or disheartened in your nursing career, and then take inspired action to turn it around. Feeling discouraged from time to time is common, but we also need to fight against the factors that lead us down that negative path. If we feel bad, let's put our cards on the table, and then forge a path towards feeling empowered again! Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professio...
Jun 10, 2016•29 min
Nurses, when you're sitting in a job interview for a nursing position you think you really want, are you able to clearly and confidently articulate your value to your prospective employer? When you're a nurse out in the employment marketplace, your job is to learn how to verbalize your value, elucidate your experience, and highlight the nursing skills and expertise that make you who you are as a healthcare professional. For many nurses, this is difficult to do, and it's something worth learning ...
Jun 03, 2016•24 min
As nurses and healthcare professionals, loyalty to an employer is something many of us can relate to, and it's often a double-edged sword. On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, we explore how workplace loyalty can both help and hinder your nursing career, and how to deeply examine your sense of loyalty in relation to the forward trajectory of your career. Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspiring speaker, and successful nurse...
May 30, 2016•21 min
Have you ever done a SWOT analysis? It's a common tool used by professionals in a variety of industries, and it can be applied to any aspect of your life, including your nursing career. On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, we explore how to use a SWOT analysis to examine your career, what you want out of it, what's holding you back, and how to leverage your nursing career in a positive direction. Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published auth...
May 27, 2016•26 min
When you're a nurse looking for a job, there are many tactics and strategies for targeting the nursing positions you're excited about; but are you using powerful keywords in order to get yourself noticed? On episode 56 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic nurse career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses how to scan nursing job ads for the keywords that will inform how you tweak your cover letter and resume, as well as your conversational strategy during a job interview. Doing diligent resea...
May 20, 2016•21 min
Do you have a mission as a nurse? What's your vision of your career? Is your nursing career and the work you do aligned with your personal and professional values? These are important questions to ponder. On episode 55 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses your mission, your vision, and the values informing who you are as a nurse and why you do what you do. Let's get your mission, vision, and values aligned! Keith is a holistic career coach for nurs...
May 13, 2016•20 min
What is Self-Limiting Nurse Syndrome (SLNS) and how do you know if you're infected? And once you identify the infection, how do you find a cure and free yourself from the unnecessary limitations that you've internalized as a nurse? On episode 54 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses Self-Limiting Nurse Syndrome and how to get your psyche back in order and your nursing career back on track. This episode is generously brought to you by the good folks ...
May 06, 2016•24 min
On episode 53 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses how to take your nursing resume to the next level, dialing up the impact and professionalism a couple of notches. Your resume is a living, breathing document; tweaking, building, and adding to it should be an ongoing and inspired process. Episode 53 of The Nurse Keith Show will take you there. This episode is generously brought to you by the good folks at American Sentinel University, where they of...
Apr 29, 2016•26 min
On episode 52 of The Nurse Keith Show , holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses how important it is to create a tribe that can truly support you throughout your nursing career. Tribal societies rely on collectivism and a sense of unity that elevate every member. The tribe protects and provides shelter for one another, cares for its elders and children, and otherwise thinks in terms of the good of the whole. Nursing isn't an easy road, and nurses need support from family, frie...
Apr 22, 2016•28 min
On episode 51 of The Nurse Keith Show , holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses how myths about nurses and the nursing profession keep us contracted when we need to be expansive. Even we nurses allow ourselves to be limited by others' opinions about what we can and cannot do. Nursing has become a multifaceted profession that offers many paths to fulfillment, a fair number of which don't involve patient care in any way, shape, or form. So, we need to expand our vision and unde...
Apr 15, 2016•21 min
On episode 50 of The Nurse Keith Show , holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the crucial importance of taking inspired action. Nurses often feel stuck, mired in ennui, and unable to act; whether it's spring, summer, winter, or fall, assessing your career and stoking forward movement is so very important. This episode is generously brought to you by the good folks at American Sentinel University , where they offer an impressive array of online degree programs for nurses, in...
Apr 09, 2016•24 min
On episode 49 of The Nurse Keith Show , holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the current national conversation about the importance of nurses earning a BSN, and how nurses can decide for themselves whether it's an important career move for them or not. You may or may not agree with the Institute of Medicine's recommendations about 80% of nurses having a BSN by 2020, but the tide has turned, and the Bachelor's of Nursing is now being demanded by more and more employers. If ...
Apr 05, 2016•23 min
On episode 48 of The Nurse Keith Show , holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses how nurses can feel victimized in the workplace, either by other nurses or colleagues, by administration and nurse management, or by the healthcare system itself. If you've ever felt like a victim, you're not alone. From nurse bullies to unfair labor practices, there's plenty to feel threatened by. However, you have a choice to arm yourself, protect yourself, and take inspired action to turn your ...
Mar 29, 2016•25 min
On episode 47 of The Nurse Keith Show , holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the necessity of checking in about your well-being and self-care on a regular basis in the interest of your nursing career and your personal life. Our bodies and psyches don't have a visual check engine light that tells us when things are amiss in our lives, so honest self-appraisal of your level of well-being is crucial. In this episode, Nurse Keith inspires listeners to do their homework and tak...
Mar 20, 2016•24 min
On episode 46 of The Nurse Keith Show , holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the necessity of creating brand congruence between the online, in-person, and paper-based aspects of your brand. Others' experience of you is really what your brand is all about, whether you're a clinical nurse, nursing educator, researcher, or nurse entrepreneur. Make sure your brand is consistent and congruent! Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, pub...
Mar 10, 2016•20 min
On episode 45 of The Nurse Keith Show , holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses how nurses can choose to play big in their careers and ignore the voices that attempt to limit their professional growth. The opportunities in nursing are legion at this time in history, but many nurses feel oppressed by forces and opinions that seek to diminish the reach of the profession. Episode 45 of The Nurse Keith Show offers hope and inspiration for nurses who want to turn away from limitat...
Mar 02, 2016•24 min
On episode 44 of The Nurse Keith Show , holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the ins and outs and ups and downs of deciding whether it's time to stay or go in a position. We can sometimes feel beholden to stay, even while knowing it's time to exit, stage left. How do you navigate your feelings and the trajectory of your career? Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspiring speaker, and successful nurse entrepr...
Feb 24, 2016•24 min
