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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Nurse Job Searches, Keywords, and Getting Yours...
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...
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Your Nursing Mission and Vision, The Nurse Keit...
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,...
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Self-Limiting Nurse Syndrome and You, The Nurse...
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...
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Next Level Nursing Resumes, The Nurse Keith Sho...
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,...
24 min
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Create Your Nursing Tribe, The Nurse Keith Show...
On episode 52 of , 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...
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Expanding What It Means To Be A Nurse, The Nurs...
On episode 51 of , 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...
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Nurses Springing Into Action, The Nurse Keith S...
On episode 50 of , 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...
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Is The BSN Worth The Hype? The Nurse Keith Show...
On episode 49 of , 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...
21 min
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From Nurse Victim to Victory, The Nurse Keith S...
On episode 48 of , 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...
23 min
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Is Your Check Engine Light On? The Nurse Keith ...
Self-care for nurses is what it's all about!
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Creating Brand Congruence in Your Nursing Caree...
On episode 46 of , 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...
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Playing Big In Your Nursing Career, The Nurse K...
On episode 45 of , 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...
22 min
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Should You Stay Or Should You Go? The Nurse Kei...
On episode 44 of , 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,...
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Harnessing the Power of Social Media In Your Nu...
On episode 43 of , 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,...
27 min
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What's Nurse Career Coaching, Anyway? The Nurse...
On episode 42 of , 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...
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Nurse Intrapreneurship vs Nurse Entrepreneurshi...
On episode 41 of , 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,...
19 min
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Escape Velocity, Change, and Your Nursing Caree...
On episode 40 of , 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...
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Quantify Your Nursing Career Achievements, The ...
On episode 39 of , 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...
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Emotional Labor and Your Nursing Career, The Nu...
On episode 38 of , 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...
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Your Nursing Career and the New Year, The Nurse...
On episode 37 of , 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...
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What Makes You An Outstanding Nurse?, The Nurse...
On episode 36 of , 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...
17 min
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Directing The "Movie" Of Your Nursing Career, T...
On episode 35 of , 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...
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Healthy Assertiveness and Your Nursing Career, ...
On episode 34 of , 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...
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Giving Thanks For Your Nursing Career, The Nurs...
In episode 33 of , Keith Carlson (aka: Nurse Keith), holistic career coach and expert career blogger for Nurse.com, shares immense gratitude for his listeners, and also for his experiences and accomplishments as a nurse. Keith is big believer in...
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Experiencing Nursing Conference Glow, The Nurse...
In episode 32 of , Keith Carlson (aka: Nurse Keith), holistic career coach and expert career blogger for Nurse.com, shares about his experience at the Nurse Mentoring Institute's annual conference, and the afterglow that occurs following the...
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