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Ups and Downs in Nursing Careers (From the AMSN Blog)

AMSN News · AMSN Blog | Nov 23, 2021

It Happens to the Best of Us!

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By Director, Marisa Streelman, DNP, RN, CMSRN

Balance in my life has meant different things at different points throughout my nursing career.

There have been times where I was the nurse that came to work-did my work-and went home. Never committing to a project, helpful but not going above and beyond for my unit or organization. These were my earlier years as a nurse, while working nights, and focused more on my personal life than my career.

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