A nurse manager is advising a recent graduate on strategies for the nurse to maintain professional health. Which of the following would not be a strategy suggested by the nurse manager?
a. goal setting
b. read fiction and nonfiction materials
c. join a professional organization
d. networking with others in the health care field
B
Professionally healthy individuals are satisfied with their career choices, are goal directed, and seek
every opportunity to obtain knowledge and learn new experiences. Some strategies to enhance one's
professional health are goal setting (short- and long-term goals), read professional materials as often
as possible to enhance your knowledge base (not necessarily fiction and nonfiction, but materials that
pertain to your specialty area and to answer questions that arise), join a professional organization, and
network with others within the health care field.
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