Practical articles on passing the NCLEX®, handling the hard parts of the job, and building a nursing career you own. Written by Damion Jenkins, MSN, RN, a nurse educator who has been helping nurses pass the NCLEX® and grow their careers since 2016.
Start where you are
Pick the path that matches your next step. Each one leads to the program built for it.
Taking the NCLEX® for the first time
Learn how the exam actually thinks before you spend months memorizing content it will not ask you about.
First-time test-takersRetaking the NCLEX®
Your performance report tells you where the points went. A strategy built from it tells you how to get them back.
Repeat test-takersGrowing your nursing career
Stuck, burned out, or ready for more. Get clear on what fits you, then build the plan to get there.
Career coachingYou Have the Right to Say "Not Like This"
Short-staffed or handed a patient you weren’t trained for? Learn the difference between refusal and abandonment and how to protest an unsafe assignment. ...more
Nursing Career Coaching
October 13, 2026•11 min read
Prevalence of Bullying in Nursing and How to Handle It
Let's face it - we all experience workplace incivility and bullying behaviors at some point. Whether it's an isolated incident, or we are the target of these behaviors due to emotions running high, mi... ...more
Nursing Students ,Nursing Career Coaching
February 08, 2026•5 min read
Finding the Balance in the Fast Lane as a Healthcare Worker
Healthcare Workers have a TREMENDOUS workload, responsibility and duty to give their ALL while "clocked in" - which often leaves them little time during their shifts, or work days to refill their own ... ...more
Nursing Students ,Nursing Career Coaching
February 08, 2026•7 min read
Reading is a start. A plan is what moves you.
If an article named exactly what you are dealing with, that is a good sign you are ready for the next step. Pick the program that fits. Not sure which one? Send me a message and we will figure it out together.
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The same strategies, talked through human to human, on the Nursing Strategies for Success podcast.
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