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Is your relationship hurting your career?

#1 Prioritize.

It’s a fact: Sometimes life forces us to put more weight on one thing than another. Often, this priority shift means forgoing one goal in exchange for another; for example, weakening your professional aspirations in return for relationship growth. But you shouldn’t have to sacrifice one aspect of your life for another. After all, what’s the fun of a promotion if you don’t have someone to share it with?

The good news is prioritizing doesn’t mean sacrifice. It means adjustment. And by building a strong foundation for both your romantic and nursing life, you can prevent disruption when priorities shift.

Step one: Make sure that both your significant other and your coworkers know that they’re a significant part of your life. When both understand that they are mutually valuable, staying late at the hospital doesn’t mean that you’d rather be at work, nor does taking a personal day mean you don’t care about your patients.

Communicate that both are of high priority and sometimes, as need be, one might take precedence.

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