The Nurse Keith Show

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...

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 directi...

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 le...

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 y...

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 orde...

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...

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 te...

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 wh...

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...

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 t...

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. H...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On episode 43 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BC, dives deep into how nurses can harness the power of social media for the benefit of their career development. From Twitter and Facebook to LinkedIn and Instagram, nurses and the nursing profession are exploding on social media in a positive wave of networking and connection. Would you like to ...

On episode 42 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BC, takes a deep dive into describing what he actually does as a nurse career coach. This is Keith's effort to pull the curtain back and show you what it's all about.  Many people ask Keith what career coaching for nurses really is, so this is a down and dirty summary of his brand of holistic care...

On episode 41 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BC, describes the difference between nurse entrepreneurship and nurse intrapreneurship.  While many of us understand the common concept of entrepreneurship, the new kid on the block is intrapreneurship. Let's understand what these words mean, and then decide which kind of "preneur" we'd like to be...

On episode 40 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BC, discusses how to achieve the "escape velocity" needed to change your career and move in a new and inspiring direction as a professional nurse. Creating change in your nursing career can be scary, and being able to manifest the energy for change is important to your forward momentum. If you fee...

On episode 39 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith Carlson, RN, BSN (aka: Nurse Keith) discusses how to leverage your accomplishments and successes in the interest of your nursing career development. Quantifying your achievements gives you more to share about what makes you an awesome nurse and healthcare professional! Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, podcaster, author,...

On episode 38 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith Carlson (aka: Nurse Keith) shares about the concept of emotional labor and its effects on nurses. The emotional aspects of nursing are important to address in relation to your career, especially when it comes to your mental, physical and spiritual health and well-being over time.   Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, podca...

On episode 37 of The Nurse Keith Show, holistic career coach Keith Carlson (aka: Nurse Keith) shares about conducting an annual review of your life and career, and setting goals for the forward movement of your nursing career in the year to come.   Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, podcaster, author, nurse entrepreneur, and expert career blogger for Nurse.com.   Show notes   Find Keith...

On episode 36 of The Nurse Keith Show, career coach Keith Carlson (aka: Nurse Keith) shares the notion of how to differentiate yourself from the pack and communicate what makes you an outstanding nurse. Learning to toot your own horn and verbalize your skills, value, and awesomeness is essential to personal branding, networking, and making yourself optimally marketable.  Keith is a holistic career...

On episode 35 of The Nurse Keith Show, Keith Carlson (aka: Nurse Keith) shares how you can take charge of your nursing career, assume control, and seize the Director's chair in the making of the "movie" of your career. Be the director, writer, producer, and the star of your career as a nurse!  Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, podcaster, author, nurse entrepreneur, and expert career blo...

On episode 34 of The Nurse Keith Show, Keith Carlson (aka: Nurse Keith), holistic career coach and expert career blogger for Nurse.com, shares how enculturation and stigma can cause us to not be assertive in our careers when we need to be. You need to overcome gender stereotypes and double standards and learn to be assertive in the interest of your own career and personal boundaries.  Show notes ...