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Hey Success NP, last episode in 
January of 2026. 

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This month has flown and we have
officially launched our complete

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NP Playbook course for the 
Success NP Academy. 

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We are so thankful for the warm 
acceptance of the lunch and how 

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many people are checking it out.
We cannot wait to start the 

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community for those that have 
signed up and start helping you 

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along your career journeys as 
NPS. 

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On a personal note, our family 
just got back from SeaWorld. 

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Let me tell you, it is one of my
favorite theme parks. 

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If you haven't been, trust me, 
the kids and adults will love 

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it. 
The dolphin show is by far my 

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favorite. 
I just feel like the energy is 

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high. 
The trainers get in the water 

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with the dolphins and they're 
swimming around. 

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They just seem like a pet. 
I don't know, I just I totally 

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love the vibes in the dolphin 
show and I also am pretty sure I

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walked about 15 to 20,000 steps 
that day. 

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If I sound tired recording this 
podcast episode, it's because I 

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spent a lot of the weekend 
hearing mom, we have to go see 

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Shamu or we've got to go see the
Penguins. 

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We went back and forth all 
throughout the park. 

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So I am whooped. 
But we just had a really great 

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time. 
And whenever you're seeing that 

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experience through the eyes of a
child, it's just so precious and

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ignite childlike enjoyment of 
something that I did as a kid 

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with my parents. 
I highly encourage you to check 

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it out if you haven't or if 
you've been thinking about it. 

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And you can always message me if
you want to know details or 

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anything else. 
We're going to dive in today's 

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episode. 
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Today we are going to be talking

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about something every nurse 
practitioner struggles with at 

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some point, confidence. 
And more specifically, how to 

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build confidence without waiting
years for experience to 

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magically fix everything. 
I've talked about confidence 

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before on another podcast 
episode where we talked about 

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confidence versus cockiness. 
So check that episode out if 

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you're interested on my take on 
that. 

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A lot of NPS are told that 
confidence comes with time, and 

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that is partly true, but it's a 
little incomplete and honestly, 

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it's really not that helpful 
when you're in the thick of it 

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right now at the beginning of 
your career to have that age-old

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line spit at you. 
Let's hold on the spitting and 

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let's talk about what really 
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We're going to talk about why 
confidence doesn't automatically

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come with experience and how you
can start building it now, even 

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if you're a new grad, a student,
or early in your NP career. 

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A lot of NPS struggle with 
confidence for one reason I 

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think in particular. 
Let's break down why this is 

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normal. 
If you're an NP who feels 

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unsure, hesitant, or like 
everyone else knows more than 

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you, you're not alone. 
This is very common. 

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Many NPS experience imposter 
syndrome, the fear of making a 

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mistake, anxiety about missing 
something and the difficulty 

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speaking up and a constant sense
of self doubt. 

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And honestly, this doesn't ever 
really go away completely. 

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You're never really cured. 
But I do think that you can 

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manage the symptoms of imposter 
syndrome that MP's experience 

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because I struggle with these 
things, and I've said this on a 

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previous podcast as well, that 
the voices just get quieter as 

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you choose not to listen to the 
self doubt. 

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But it's a process to get there 
and at success NP, we want to 

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help save you the time we spent 
figuring out what made us more 

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confident. 
Drum roll please for my official

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reason why I think this is 
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The big reason for this is that 
NP school teaches us knowledge 

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and not confidence. 
NP school teaches you the 

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pathophysiology. 
Remember that class? 

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I know I tried to block it out 
too. 

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Pharmacology, the guidelines. 
I still rely on these every day 

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in practice since they're always
changing and you'll never, at 

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least for me, truly master them 
because I constantly feel like 

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when I go back in, something has
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reading, imaging, test labs, all
the stuff that we do as NPS. 

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But you're really taught in 
school how to trust your 

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clinical reasoning, how to 
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professionally, how to make 
decisions without having all the

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answers, or how to grow 
confidence before you feel 

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ready. 
So you enter practice and you 

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assume that confidence is 
something you're missing, when 

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in reality, it's think you 
haven't been taught how to build

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yet. 
This is a novel idea, right? 

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What if you need to be taught to
be confident when you're 

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learning how to walk? 
Which, if you're a mom, you 

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remember. 
I'm a little closer to it since 

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I have young ones, but when a 
little one falls down when 

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they're learning to walk, does a
mom, if she's a good one, tell 

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you I just quit? 
You'll never figure it out. 

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No, of course not. 
She encourages you to keep 

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trying. 
She might put your favorite toy 

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out in front of you so that you 
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She might hold her hands out to 
you and beg you to come towards 

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her because she knows you can do
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She believes in you and that 
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You keep trying and eventually 
you begin to walk and now look 

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at you. 
Learning to be a confident MP is

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something that has to be 
cultivated. 

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Do you remember in nursing 
school when we learned about 

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self efficacy? 
Self efficacy is a concept 

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developed by psychologist Albert
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social cognitive theory. 
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practice and you, Gobi Meds. 

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If you offer weight management, 
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telehealth resource for 
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options like NAD. 
Plus, they handle the heavy 

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lifting with smooth clinician 
LED onboarding and transparent 

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pricing. 
You can even earn revenue by 

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joining their medical affiliate 
program. 

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Just look for the link at the 
bottom of gobiemeds.com. 

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But let's be real, you spend all
day taking care of others. 

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And if you're looking into 
prioritizing your own metabolic 

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health or energy, Gobiemeds is 
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Whether you're patients or for 
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and use code SUCCESS and PS to 
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Take care of your practice and 
yourself with Gobie Meds. 

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Disclaimer Gobie Meds 
facilitates access to compounded

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medications. 
Prescriptions required online 

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medical consultation. 
Results may vary. 

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At the Success NP podcast, we 
talk a lot about professional 

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growth, but personal health is 
just as important as career 

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advancement for women navigating
hormonal changes. 

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Lacera's Harmonized Hormone 
program offers personalized 

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hormone replacement through an 
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Their approach combines 
comprehensive lab testing, 

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one-on-one provider 
consultation, and customized 

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treatment plans designed around 
each woman's goals, lifestyles, 

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and biology. 
Many women experience 

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improvements in focus, energy, 
sleep and mood, and overall 

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quality of life, which makes a 
real difference both inside and 

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outside the clinic. 
If you're ready to take control 

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of your home run health, visit 
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free consultation with Lacerra 
today. 

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Because when you feel aligned, 
everything you do improves. 

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Hey, NP student or NP graduate? 
Yes, you ever freeze when it's 

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time to present your patient 
case to your preceptor. 

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Suddenly you're rambling about 
the thing that happened and the 

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preceptor gives you a puzzled 
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Winging it is no longer an 
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actually know what you're doing.
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The best part of the case 
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This is all a part of our course
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the Success NP Academy. 
It is your step by step guide to

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launching your NP career with 
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We'll help you go from 
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actually feeling ready for day 
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Because let's be honest, they 
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pneumonia, not how to negotiate 
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malpractice insurance. 
You've got the degree. 

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We'll help you get the 
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Now let's get back to the 
conversation. 

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Sorry if this is giving you guys
trauma, but it was the theory 

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that we learned that an 
individual's belief in their 

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capacity to execute the 
behaviours necessary to achieve 

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a specific performance goal. 
It reflects confidence in 

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controlling one's motivation, 
behaviour, social environment, 

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and influencing the challenges 
chosen, the effort expended, and

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the resiliency against setbacks.
So let's break that down. 

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Confidence and controlling one's
motivation, the behavior in 

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social environment, influencing 
the challenges chosen, the 

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effort expended, and the 
resiliency against setbacks. 

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So sounds like to me, confidence
is a skill. 

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It is not only attained through 
experience. 

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Let's address the biggest myth 
head on. 

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Experience doesn't automatically
create confidence. 

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Plenty of MPs have years of 
experience and I know you've 

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seen them if you've been in 
clinicals or even if you're 

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practicing and they're second 
guessing themselves. 

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They feel anxious before shifts,
they avoid speaking up or they 

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fear being exposed is not good 
enough. 

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Why? 
Because confidence doesn't come 

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from time alone. 
It comes from how you engage 

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with your experience. 
Confidence is built when you 

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understand your thinking 
process, you reflect 

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intentionally, and you learn how
to handle uncertainty, and you 

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develop systems that support 
you. 

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Without those things, experience
can actually reinforce anxiety 

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instead of confidence. 
I also think it's important to 

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talk about resiliency here 
because confidence in the 

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ability to feel like you can 
succeed really is also based on 

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how you pick yourself up from 
mistakes and failures. 

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We've got to spend some time 
talking and thinking about what 

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does it look like for me when I 
do make a mistake to work 

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through that and become a 
stronger NP as I make a mistake.

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And we're so taught as nurses to
never make mistakes, but where 

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people and people make mistakes.
So you've got to be able to 

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quickly bounce back from your 
mistakes and do your best not to

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do them again. 
Let's reframe everything that 

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we've talked about so far. 
Confidence is not knowing 

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everything. 
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process. 
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like knowing how to approach a 
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help, and being able to say I 
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panicking, documenting clearly, 
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defensible decisions. 
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they're just grounded. 
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can be built before you have 
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Let's get five ways to build 
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experience. 
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just going to talk about two of 
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into next week to hear the other
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The first one I want to share is
about becoming a master of 

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clinical thinking, not 
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Because if you try to memorize 
everything, you're going to 

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destroy your confidence because 
we all have different capacities

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in this area. 
And frankly, with how many tools

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we have available to us, it's 
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I think it's more important to 
know where your resources are. 

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I know some NPS that are just so
bright that they memorize 

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everything and others that just 
flat out tell me, Sandra, I 

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check the guidelines repeatedly 
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They have them bookmarked on 
their Internet browsers. 

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I want you to be focusing on 
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clinical reasoning, asking 
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what is my differential? 
Why do I think this diagnosis is

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correct? 
What's the worst case scenario? 

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I know nurses are so good at 
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in clinical practice you want to
make sure you aren't missing the

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big things. 
And the next question, what's my

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next best step? 
I even write in my documentation

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what I think the next step 
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If the current testing or plan 
is negative or doesn't solve the

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problem, this shows the next 
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yourself if you see the patient 
again, what you were thinking 

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about ahead of the game. 
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you stop panicking about what 
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All right #2 and the last one 
for today. 

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Improve your chart and that 
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This is huge and rarely talked 
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Clear organized charting 
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reasoning, rotects you legally, 
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When your documentation reflects
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believe your own competency. 
Charting isn't busy work, it's 

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confidence building. 
And a great hack in this area 

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that I use is templates. 
Templates help you think. 

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We recommend doing the tough 
work upfront of making great 

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templates to help your thinking 
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you're on the spot in the room 
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I use this, like I said, daily 
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honestly. 
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you will begin to notice trends,
document them, and use a past 

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experience with a patient to 
help you catch the diagnosis 

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quicker the next time. 
All right, so those are our two 

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hacks for today and an 
introduction on confidence and 

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self efficacy and believing in 
yourself and that you can do it.

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Stay tuned to next week where I 
dive into how to borrow 

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confidence, reframe your 
mistakes, and how to build 

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systems, not just skills. 
But in the meantime, if today's 

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episode resonated with you, I 
encourage you to check out the 

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complete NP Playbook, Clinical 
Confidence and Career Success 

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inside of this Success NP 
Academy on Teachable. 

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You can find the link in the 
show notes, take a look at the 

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modules, read through the 
outline and decide if it feels 

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like the right next step for 
you. 

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Our course is self-paced, 
practical, and designed to help 

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you support you wherever you are
in your NP journey. 

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Again, confidence doesn't come 
from waiting. 

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It comes from building 1 
patient, one chart, one 

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decision, 1 reflection at a 
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And thank you for listening to 
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And if you can share this 
episode with another NP who 

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might need to hear it, please 
do. 

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And until next time, trust your 
process, keep learning and 

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permit yourself to grow. 
And for the Success NP quote of 

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the day, it's from our good 
friend Albert Bandura. 

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In order to succeed, people need
a sense of self efficacy to 

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struggle together with 
resilience to meet the 

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inevitable obstacles and 
inequities of life. 

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See you guys next month. 
Thanks for tuning into another 

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episode of success. 
And PS we hope today's 

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discussion has shed some light 
on the diverse career options or

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taught you how to improve your 
clinical practice as a nurse 

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practitioner. 
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considering a specialization, 
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certifications, or exploring non
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wealth of opportunities out 
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