Career complacency is something that sneaks up on you. The years pass quickly and you are comfortable in your secure job, attending the requisite training seminars and extremely competent in your niche.
(Won’t you be my expert?….sung just like the Mr. Rogers tune! But for real, will you?)
But maybe you peeked out from under your rock and found that legal nurse consulting was a blossoming field of interest. Thanks to the internet, this once flying-under-the-radar career is now prominent. Even though you may be excellent [Read more...]
Yet another celebrity has lost her life too soon. Whitney Houston was found dead yesterday at the age of 48. We won’t know the true cause of her death for quite some time, but I’d venture to guess that many people – myself included – are left to wonder if her past (or perhaps present) drug use contributed to her early demise. Whitney undoubtedly influenced many young women during the course of her career; one can only hope that people can learn from the tragedy and not duplicate her past errors in judgment.
I had never aspired to be a Nurse Manager because I felt it was a no-win position. Had seen co-workers move ‘up’ to this position and change. Everyone seemed to stop liking them as they turned cranky…sqeezed tightly between the bedside nurse as advocate and upper management who had pre-existing agendas.
