Start the new year out by making a fresh try, one more start… Right some résumé wrongs, learn some coping mechanisms created especially for nurses, and sign up for a "Dear Donna" seminar.

Donna's Book Pix: Save the First Dance for You: The Complete Nurse's Guide to Serving Your Profession, Your Patient, and Yourself Doris Young, RN, PhD The author believes that nurses often put other people’s needs first and their own needs last. This can cause nurses to wear out physically and emotionally. Using a dance instruction metaphor, Young offers 10 chapters of practical and coping techniques she's developed for nurses facing the challenges of today's hectic healthcare workplace and demanding home lives.

Cool Nursing Web Site:
Campaign for Nursing
Johnson & Johnson’s Campaign for Nursing website offers information designed to enhance the image of the nursing profession, recruit new nurses and nurse faculty, and help retain nurses currently in the profession. This is slightly different from the www.discovernursing.com web site, which has been redesigned.

Career Article:
Frequently Asked Questions About Résumés
Q: I’ve been told my résumé should be only one page. Is that true?

A: No, not for nurses. By the time you list your experience, your education, your licenses and certifications, you are already on two pages, even with limited experience. Read more.

News You Can Use:
New Center Addresses Nursing Workforce Crisis
To help improve patient care for all Americans, the Center to Champion Nursing in America will elevate the visibility of the nursing shortage while identifying actionable solutions to improve the quality of patient care. The newly created center is funded by a $10 million grant to the AARP Foundation from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. More information is available at http://www.championnursing.org/.

Quote of the Month:
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
— J.B. Priestly

Donna’s Blog: Who Wants to Be a Nurse?
I was recently interviewed for a cable television program where I was supposed to be discussing my business and the nursing profession in general. Out of the blue the host asks me, "Why doesn’t anyone want to be a nurse?" Read more at http://www.nurse-power.net/blog

Entrepreneur Spotlight:
Emma Soy, RN, BSN is founder of the Nursing Shepherd, a career coaching service. Emma helps nurses discover their life purpose and express their calling by using their skills and knowledge. She also provides workshops to help nurses develop innovative behaviors that will empower them to effectively take control of their careers.

Emma, a nurse for more than 17 years, has experience ranging from pediatric staff nursing and home healthcare to nursing management. She saw the need for a nursing career coach service while working in nurse recruitment/placement.

According to Emma’s website, coaching skills are now being taught as a highly effective management tool to increase motivation, maintain commitment, and enhance performance. Recent research has shown that training alone results in a 22.4% improvement in productivity; when combined with coaching, productivity has been shown to increase by more than 80%.

Emma asserts, "Nurses are very powerful, and what they can accomplish is limitless. They have what it takes to be successful entrepreneurs. I want to encourage nurses to be relentless in their search for independence and true autonomy that can only be found in owning their own business."

Emma is offering 30 minutes of complimentary coaching to any nurse who mentions that she saw the spotlight piece in Nursing Connections™.

To learn more about Emma, her business, and her services, visit http://www.nursingshepherd.com.

Upcoming Seminars:
Career Alternatives for Nurses®
March 10, 2008 — Atlantic City, NJ

How to Start Your Own Business or Consulting Practice
March 11, 2008 — Atlantic City, NJ

Come Meet Donna:
Recruitment Event — Enloe Medical Center
March 8, 2008 — Chico, CA

Annual Convention — NJ State School Nurses Association
March 14, 2008 — Long Branch, NJ

Nursing Summit — Centra Health
March 18-19, 2008 — Lynchburg, VA

Nursing Spectrum Career Expo
March 27, 2008 – Teaneck, NJ

For additional program info visit http://www.dcardillo.com/events.html.

Book Donna Today
Planning a convention, educational conference, or leadership-training program? Looking for a speaker for a new graduate orientation program, student nurse luncheon, or recruitment event? Donna has a program to meet your needs. Don’t miss the opportunity to bring the country’s leading career management expert and motivational speaker for nurses to your event. Call 800-801-5796 or e-mail at donna@dcardillo.com for rates, availability, and program topics. Fill out an inquiry form if you prefer.

Your 1^st Year As A Nurse Ordering Information
Order a personalized, autographed copy of Your 1^st Year as a Nurse directly from Cardillo & Associates. It makes a great personal or professional gift.

For colleges and healthcare facilities, Your 1^st Year as a Nurse can be purchased at a bulk discount from online booksellers and directly from the publisher. Contact us for more information at (800) 801-5796.

Using a dance instruction metaphor, the book offers practical and coping techniques for nurses facing the challenges of today's hectic healthcare workplace and demanding home lives.

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