Carol Bush

cbush Carol Bush, BS, RN, has over 20 years’ experience in oncology nursing and especially enjoys collaborating with community partners, engaging rural communities, and facilitating change. Currently, she is a nurse navigator and consultant with the Midwest Cancer Alliance, a membership-based organization of 14 hospitals, cancer centers, and research organizations across Kansas and western Missouri. Her consulting interests focus on care coordination initiatives. Carol followed a circuitous route to a career in oncology. Her first undergraduate degree is in agriculture. A nursing degree followed 10 years later, after three children and an unknown number of pizza suppers. She lives on four peaceful acres, with her fiancé, Don. She enjoys gardening, cooking, and stalking her young adult children via social media. You may follow Carol via Twitter @KUCancerRN. --

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Conferences, Conferences, I Love Conferences

We attend con­fer­ences to share best prac­tices, net­work , sharpen our clin­i­cal knowl­edge, and spark some cre­ativ­ity and inno­va­tion. Then, we return to what I call Blue Mon­day, which might go some­thing like this. 1. Take a look at the email inbox and imme­di­ately go for another cup of coffee.

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Meet, Tweet, Learn: The Power of 140 Characters

Before the advent of social media, there would have been few, if any, quick ways for us to share our learn­ing experiences—and it would have been impos­si­ble to share in real time. With social media as a learn­ing tool, what was once impos­si­ble is now sim­ple and free. We can’t be in more than one place at a time, but with the easy access Twit­ter gives us, you and I can par­tic­i­pate and net­work regard­less of whether we are in the same room or across the coun­try. We can expand our learn­ing 140 char­ac­ters at a time.

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Spin Fewer Plates—Throw More Frisbees

I’ve always thought that watch­ing some­one spin a plate is pretty cool. You see, I didn’t inherit the hand-​​eye coor­di­na­tion gene, so I am eas­ily impressed with the slight­est skill requir­ing coordination.

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Go To Your Happy Place!

I don’t know about you, but some days it’s harder than oth­ers for me to find my “happy place.” Every­one expe­ri­ences times when they feel over­whelmed, over extended, and over it all. And, when times are tough, we all need a lit­tle boost to help us find that place within our­selves that brings us back to cen­ter. My gar­den is my Happy Place, and I go there every chance I get.

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Brand You in Twenty One Two!

Brand­ing helps define who you are, how you are great, and why you should be sought out. Brand­ing is your rep­u­ta­tion. Brand­ing is about build­ing a name for your­self, show­cas­ing what sets you apart from oth­ers, and describ­ing the added value you bring to a situation.

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