{"id":5272,"date":"2022-08-05T21:52:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T21:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/?p=5272"},"modified":"2024-09-06T15:41:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T15:41:10","slug":"revitalizing-your-nursing-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/inspiration\/revitalizing-your-nursing-career\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Steps to Revitalizing Your Nursing Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your nursing career is an ongoing investment in your professional success, happiness, and personal satisfaction. If you want to grow as a nurse with a bright future, there are plenty of things you can do. Take a look at these tips for revitalizing your nursing career and keeping it on the right track.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 1: Assessment is Key<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step of the nursing process is assessment, so it makes sense that it would be the first step in revitalizing your nursing career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are plenty of questions to ask yourself at any time during your career; a few important ones are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow am I doing?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow do I feel about my work?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDo I feel satisfied?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDoes my work bring me joy?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIs there anything about my work that needs to change?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ongoing assessment is what any good nurse does, so don\u2019t neglect the career you\u2019ve worked so hard to create.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 2: The SWOT Analysis<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SWOT analysis is a technique that you can use to analyze the state of any situation, including your nursing career (or other aspects of your life, health, marriage, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This simple breakdown of any situation can clearly show you what needs attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Strengths<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Your strengths are the things at which you excel. These can be \u201chard\u201d skills like catheterization or venipuncture or \u201csoft\u201d skills like emotional intelligence or communication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Weaknesses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are areas where you need to do better, your growing edges. Perhaps it\u2019s IV starts, speaking up for yourself, or ensuring you complete your CEUs on time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Opportunities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This is where you see possibilities like seeking a promotion or finding a new job.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Threats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These include things that might stand in your way, like a tight job market or a difficult boss.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Step 3: The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/openpsychometrics.org\/tests\/RSE.php\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an excellent evidence-based tool for measuring your self-esteem. It\u2019s not meant for diagnosis but can give you a good assessment of where you are and be very helpful when you compare results over time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 4: The Barrett Personal Values Assessment<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/culturesthatwork.com\/personal-values-assessment\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barrett Personal Values Assessment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an evidence-based tool that can help you identify the values most important to you and how you can use them to grow personally and professionally.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 5: The Life Career Rainbow<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychologist Donald E. Super designed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/pages\/article\/newCDV_95.htm\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Life Career Rainbow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s a lens through which you can look at your life and see how certain roles may be more important than others at any given time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 6: Find a Mentor<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mentor is a trusted person you respect and from whom you\u2019d like to learn . They may or may not work in healthcare or nursing. You can be bold and ask them to be your mentor, establish a formal or informal relationship, and use the opportunity to receive advice, support, and wisdom from someone you admire.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 7: Take Care of Yourself<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot is said about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">self-care<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> these days, for\u00a0 a good reason. Nursing (and life in general) can be stressful, and you must take care of yourself. Whether it\u2019s exercise, sleep, nutrition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wellness\/6-meditation-tips-for-nurses\/\">meditation<\/a>, yoga, bowling, or reading a good novel, self-care is a thing, and there are as many ways of taking care of yourself as there are people.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 8: Learn New Things<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning new things can be very revitalizing to your career, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earning a higher degree<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/certifications\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">certified in your specialty<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going to a conference\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using social media and the online world to learn from others<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Step 9: Connect with Like-Minded Professionals<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a lot of interesting people out there, and connecting with them can revitalize your career. When you learn what others think about and share your ideas together, all sorts of things can happen, including your mind opening to new possibilities (see \u201copportunities\u201d in the SWOT analysis above). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use LinkedIn and social media to meet others. State, national and specialty nursing associations and organizations have meetings, seminars, webinars, online communities, and other ways to meet interesting nurses and healthcare professionals. Get out there and rub elbows, either in person or in the virtual world.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 10: Engage in Ongoing Reassessment<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember how we agreed at the beginning of this article that assessment is the first step in the nursing process? We also know that ongoing reassessment is absolutely necessary, so it also applies to your entire nursing career. Just because you assessed your strengths and weaknesses in 1997 doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re still the same now;\u00a0 maybe your values have also changed since you first graduated. So keep in mind that reassessment is an ongoing process that never ends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope these 10 steps to revitalizing your nursing career have given you food for thought when it comes to moving your career in the best possible direction. Stay awake, aware, curious, and ready for new adventures as you move forward in what can be an amazing professional journey. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use these 10 steps to grow as a nurse, reset your nursing career and stay on the right track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":5273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,107,108],"tags":[290,294,303,75,90],"class_list":["post-5272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","category-wellness","category-work-life","tag-discipline","tag-employment","tag-permanent","tag-rn","tag-travel"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Group-doing-meditation2-scaled-e1735235334162.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}