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Staying motivated
Enhance your career goals by staying motivated and focused on your nursing career path. These articles offer advice to help you make wise decisions and maximise what you can achieve in a working day.
Latest articles
Get the job you really want
In my previous article ( careers January 23 ) I looked at how to provide examples of your personal achievements and develop a fulfilling career when there are fewer promotion opportunities. Here, I will examine ways of increasing your chances of promotion.
Life in the balance
Many nurses are facing change, either through their own choice as they take stock of their professional lives at the beginning of another new year, or because they are affected by structural change in their organisation.
Take forty winks
Although the full extent of the functions of sleep are not entirely understood, we do know that the daily alternation between sleep and wakefulness is important for proper functioning of the body.
A profession of choice
Delegates at this year's RCN congress will discuss whether nursing can be recommended as a career. This is likely to prompt debate about how to encourage a broad spectrum of individuals to join the profession.
Get a good rate
Research has established a clear correlation between high patient satisfaction and better clinical outcomes, so understanding what can improve patients' perception of healthcare services may help improve care.
Get the job you really want
In my previous article ( careers January 23 ) I looked at how to provide examples of your personal achievements and develop a fulfilling career when there are fewer promotion opportunities. Here, I will examine ways of increasing your chances of promotion.
Hard sell on survival
As organisations change and posts are reviewed or abolished, an individual nurse's ability to sell themselves could make the difference to his or her survival.
How to be a STARR performer
As NHS efficiencies bite, essential jobs face the axe. How can you ensure that your employer knows that you and your job are too important to lose?
Job protection
Nurse specialists believe their roles are at risk of NHS efficiency cuts. Alison Leary offers some survival tips
Life in the balance
Many nurses are facing change, either through their own choice as they take stock of their professional lives at the beginning of another new year, or because they are affected by structural change in their organisation.
Make dreams a reality
Claire Westwood shares tips for improving motivation to achieve your career goals
Making big decisions
Denise Thiruchelvam describes her passion for public health to Frances Pickersgill
Nightingale legacy keeps on giving
Located in the heart of Westminster on the site of St Thomas' Hospital, the Florence Nightingale Museum plays an important role in inspiring visitors - many of them on school trips - to join the profession.
Mentorship
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Mentorship enables student nurses to apply their theoretical knowledge and put it into practice in a clinical situation.
Working abroad
Read and learn from others' experience of working in different countries.
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