The Nurse Keith Show

The Nurse Keith Show offers up-to-date career advice and knowledge for savvy 21st-century nurses. During each episode, Board-Certified holistic career coach Keith Carlson, BSN, RN, NC-BC explores the multiplicity of potential career pathways in nursing through inspiring interviews with healthcare thought leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs. With the goal of helping you create the most satisfying nursing career and life possible, The Nurse Keith Show is an invaluable audio destination for ambitious, thoughtful, and forward-thinking nurses.

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Overcoming Mission Drift in Your Nursing Career...
On episode 142 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we discuss career "mission drift" and the strategies you can use in order to get back on track when you feel your career has drifted off course.  Nurse Keith is a holistic career...
29 min
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The BSN Sea Change | The Nurse Keith Show, EPS 141
On episode 141 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we discuss how legislation signed by the governor of New York now mandates that all new nurses earn a BSN within 10 years of licensure. How will this legislative sea change impact nurses'...
29 min
428
Making Your Career Happen in the New Year | The...
On episode 140 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we discuss looking back at the year that's passed and setting powerful personal and professional goals for the year to come. There's nothing like making your career happen rather than...
50 min
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Violence Against Nurses -- Our Own #MeToo Momen...
On episode 139 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we discuss a recent incident where a nurse at Cedars-Sinai was physically assaulted by a surgeon and is now suing for damages.  The #MeToo movement is now impacting the healthcare...
28 min
430
In Your Nursing Career, Effort is Rewarded by O...
On episode 138 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we discuss how the effort and elbow grease you put into your nursing career will pay dividends in the big picture. In the 21st-century nursing job market, competition is tough. Those...
27 min
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Overcoming Objections During Nursing Job Interv...
On episode 137 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we discuss how to overcome objections that are raised during a nursing job interview. From a lack of acute care experience to having a blemish on your nursing license, knowing how to...
30 min
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What's Your Nursing Career Legacy? | The Nurse ...
On episode 136 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we discuss creating a powerful legacy for your nursing career and your life's work as a nurse. What do you want your legacy to be?  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses,...
31 min
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Giving Thanks For Nurses in Business | The Nurs...
On episode 135 of The Nurse Keith Show, Keith waxes poetic about the National Nurses in Business Association annual conference, nurse innovators, nurse entrepreneurs, and how exciting it is that nurses can enter the business world with their heads...
31 min
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When the Career Cookie Crumbles | The Nurse Kei...
On episode 134 of The Nurse Keith Show, we discuss how to pick yourself up and dust yourself off when your nursing career has turned south and your career cookies appear to be crumbling before your very eyes. It's not the end of the world, and...
27 min
435
The Three-Dimensional Job Search | The Nurse Ke...
On episode 133 of The Nurse Keith Show, we discuss how the job search process is often one-dimensional, but a three-dimensional strategy is needed for such a multifaceted challenge. Let's talk about the many benefits and components of a...
29 min
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Doing Your Inner Work | The Nurse Keith Show, E...
On episode 132 of The Nurse Keith Show, we talk about how doing your inner work -- emotional, spiritual, and psychological -- can help you be a better nurse and have a more satisfying personal life and nursing career. Let's heal some of those...
29 min
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Managing Multiple Nursing Job Offers | The Nurs...
On episode 131 of The Nurse Keith Show, we discuss what to do when you receive multiple nursing job offers and how to make the most prudent choice in the interest of your nursing career. Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well...
29 min
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The Nurse's Inner Critic | The Nurse Keith Show...
On episode 130 of The Nurse Keith Show, we discuss how your inner and outer critics can trip you up and keep you small in your nursing career. It's time to kick the critics out of your life and take control of the narrative of your career. Nurse...
29 min
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Nurses and Mass Shootings | The Nurse Keith Sho...
On episode 129 of The Nurse Keith Show, we dig into the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the ways in which nurses and other professionals stepped up to the plate and responded so heroically. We also discuss how nurses can best prepare...
33 min
440
Curiosity, Passion, Purpose, and Your Nursing C...
On episode 128 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we discuss how passion and purpose can be the fuel of the curiosity that drives your career, and vice versa!  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a...
30 min
441
Nurse Be Nimble, Nurse Be Quick | The Nurse Kei...
On episode 127 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we dig into the idea of nimbleness of mind and how having the wherewithal to pivot in your nursing career when the time is ripe is based on curiosity, being awake and aware, openness, and...
24 min
442
New Statistics Revealed About the Nursing Profe...
On episode 126 of the Nurse Keith Show nursing podcast, Nurse Keith digs into recent articles and studies that reveal the monetary value of a nursing education, amazing job growth and opportunity for nurse practitioners, as well as some less than rosy...
28 min
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When Nurses Stand Their Ground | The Nurse Keit...
On episode 125 of the Nurse Keith Show nursing podcast, Nurse Keith discusses the recent case of a Utah nurse (Alex Wubbels) who stood her ground with law enforcement. Nurses must frequently stick to their guns in very difficult circumstances -- what...
23 min
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Nurse Volunteerism and Why It Matters | The Nur...
On episode 124 of the Nurse Keith Show nursing podcast, Nurse Keith discusses why nurse volunteerism is important for both personal growth, professional satisfaction, and contributing to society as a healthcare professional. This is especially...
20 min
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Nursing Career Development, 1-2-3 | The Nurse K...
On episode 123 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the essential nature of his five building blocks of nurse career development.  Your professional happiness has as much to do with your...
31 min
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Hercules, Sisyphus, Don Quixote, and Nurses | T...
On episode 122 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses how the stories of Hercules, Sisyphus, and Don Quixote can be related directly to a nurse's career. Ready for heroism, feats of strength, and...
30 min
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Nurses, Healthcare, and the Reality of Uncertai...
On episode 121 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses the importance of using smart coping strategies for living with uncertainty in both our personal and professional lives.  The world is...
33 min
448
Cultivating Joy in Your Nursing Career | The Nu...
On episode 120 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson discusses how cultivating joy and pursuing leisure and pleasure can improve your nursing career satisfaction and your overall happiness in life.  If...
22 min
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Be Your Very Own Nursing Career Detective | The...
On episode 119 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson unpacks how to be your very own Sherlock, a private eye inspecting and evaluating your nursing career.  If you want to do a deep dive into what makes...
28 min
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Can You Return to Nursing After a Hiatus? | The...
On episode 118 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson dives into how to navigate coming back to nursing after a hiatus. Whether you were away nursing for a year or ten years, your reentry plan is...
26 min