Carol Bush, BS, RN

Carol Bush, BS, RN

Carol Bush, BS, RN, is a nurse consultant, blogger and social media Community Manager at The Social Nurse. An oncology nurse activist, she has a passion for helping nurses advance clinical practice by mastering digital tools. At home, Carol loves gardening, cooking, watching college basketball and playing with her granddaughter. Connect with Carol via Twitter @cbushrn or @TheSocialNurse

Articles

Four LinkedIn Strategies You Can Employ for Nursing Career Success

October 11, 2016

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Carol Bush explains a few key strategies to make LinkedIn work for your nursing career.

How Healthcare Hashtags Can Help Nurses Share and Build Resources

March 23, 2016

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Carol Bush, BS, RN, is an oncology nurse navigator with the Midwest Cancer Alliance. She has a passion for helping medical teams learn to embrace innovation and thrive in a patient-focused environment.

Create a Personal Learning Network With Twitter

December 18, 2015

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Nurses can access the collective knowledge of their peers, engage in discussions, and participate in collaborative projects whenever and wherever they like.

Twitter and the Networked Nurse: It's a conversation which is happening . . . why not join me?

August 15, 2014

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I believe mastering conversation strategies via social media is as essential to today's nursing practice as our stethoscopes and our brain. Why?

Carol Bush Discusses Challenges in the Field of Nurse Navigation

July 07, 2014

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Carol Bush, BS, RN, Nurse Navigator, Midwest Cancer Alliance, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, discusses challenges in the field of nurse navigation.

Attention Nurses: Social Media is not a technology. It's a conversation . . . and it's happening with or without you.

March 20, 2014

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Last fall, I started working with a couple of nursing colleagues on a project which involves LinkedIn training for oncology nurses. The number one concern voiced ahead of the training by roughly a quarter of those nurses . . . and hundreds more in my personal conversations over the last year?

Positively Deviant Nurses: The Power of . . . Why Not?

February 05, 2014

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Pretty sure my mom would say questioning the status quo started at a very young age . . ."If I said the moon was white, you would say it was black...just to be different." I recall feeling frustrated when my kindergarten teacher did not want me to ‘color outside the lines.' Why not?

If You're Not at the Table, You're on the Menu

December 30, 2013

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To me, the statement means that no matter how much someone agreeing with you might try to represent you, having the unique experience of being you and being where decisions are made means volumes more. All too often, if you aren't part of the decision making, you will likely get left out, or worse yet, get served on the menu.

Carol Bush on Navigators and Healthcare Reform

May 29, 2013

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Carol Bush, BS, RN, Patient Navigator, Midwest Cancer Alliance, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, discusses the role of oncology nurse navigators in healthcare reform.