Developing careers despite an environment of downsizing: what worked for one nurse.

: My patients are achieving a higher level of success, now that I have used these steps. My compensation is better than when, like a piano teacher, I was going to people's homes to give lessons. And because continence includes related health issues, I am doing the health education I have always enjoyed but seldom had time to do when working in acute care settings. Although this application dealt with urinary incontinence, the steps can be applied to many other health conditions and their management. What would you really like to do professionally? Write down everything you can think of, and circle the most likely, or use "right brain clustering," and you will be surprised what you can come up with. It might even be something you can get paid well for doing.