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In the healthcare setting, life-or-death situations can spell high-flying emotions—not just from patients, but from team members and your nurse manager.

This guide to body language will help you “read” what a person may not necessarily be telling you. For example, want to know the secrets that your manager’s body language may be telling you? The nonverbal cues of different cultures? How about 3 easy ways body language can improve your work day, every day?

And consider this: When you study the postures of others, you also become more aware of your own behaviors. That way, you can modify your own body language for better communication.

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Losing a job is never in any nurse’s career plan. Take solace in knowing that there is a right way and a wrong way to handle unemployment and landing your next nursing job. Before the panic sets in, be sure to read through these seven deadly sins of job hunting and avoid them like the plague!

1. Wallowing
2. Losing focus
3. Not defining who you are
4. Skipping your skills
5. Neglecting to investigate
6. Ruling out opportunities
7. Avoiding support