When I graduated from nursing school, I thought I was all that. I was so smart and sassy, on top of the world. So when I got compliments from my patients like “you are so smart you should be a doctor”, I saw that comment as a validation of myself. Though now that I have …
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Ceiling Effect On Your Nursing Career Your nursing career can get stalled when you hit a ceiling effect. The ceiling effect occurs about 2-3 years after starting a new role. Your nursing career can get stalled when you hit a ceiling effect. The ceiling effect occurs about 2–3 years after starting a new role. When …
Full Practice Authority Is Not Mentoring There seems to be some general misconception about full practice authority and mentoring. I have come across this confusion with both my physician colleagues as well as nurse practitioner students, so I feel compelled to write about it. As the director of the acute care nurse practitioner program, I …
Why You Are Not A Midlevel The term midlevel never sat well with me. I used to tolerate it, but now it just pisses me off every time I see the word. Why? Because it is so limiting and it devalues us as a profession. No matter how hard you work or how much you achieve, …
Know It All Nurses Nurses who know it all. Have you ever come across that nursing student or new NP who just seems to know it all? They always have a good answer, they can pull research out of the air, they come up with pertinent information. Somehow, some new nurses just seem to have …
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have no doubt been polarized willingly or not in this new era of politics. You are either a dumb Trump voter or a crazy Hillary freak. There is no middle ground right now. And there is no room for discussion of anything meaningful. As long as …
I recently wrapped up a launch of my NursePreneur Business Academy through a webinar I did and quite a bit of positive response. I recently wrapped up a launch of my NursePreneur Business Academy through a webinar I did and quite a bit of positive response. But not everyone was happy. I got an email from …