This Nurse Turned Her Passion For Helping Others Into A Coaching Career

After working in cardiac care, travel nursing, analytics, and case management, Kate Buckley launched a private practice helping nurses find career paths that better fit their lives.

Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, holistic nurse coach Kate Buckley shares how her career evolved from bedside nursing to helping other nurses find clarity, balance, and fulfillment in their own careers. We also look at growing experience gaps in rural nursing teams, why health systems are putting expansion plans on hold, and how ambient AI technology could change workflows on hospital floors. Plus, explore nursing jobs tailored to your location.

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Nurse Spotlight: Kate Buckley, RN HWNC-BC Holistic Nurse Career Coach

From our spotlight archives: After years in bedside nursing, analytics, and case management, Kate Buckley hired a nurse coach to help with her own health challenges. The experience inspired an entirely new career: running a private practice that helps nurses figure out what they want next. Read the full spotlight →

Headlines in Healthcare

Rural hospitals face nurse experience gaps

Rural nursing leaders are redesigning care team structures as their workforces increasingly shift toward newer graduates, according to Becker's. CNOs are rethinking how they deploy experienced staff to address this growing imbalance in professional expertise across rural facilities. This transition is essential for nurses, as these leadership changes will fundamentally reshape future clinical environments and support systems.

Health systems stall expansion plans amid uncertainty

For nurses, this pause in hospital growth may signal continued pressure on existing facilities and staffing capacity. Becker's Hospital Review reports that rising costs and regulatory hurdles have forced many health systems to shelve expansion plans. Data from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions shows that one in three U.S. health system leaders expressed significant uncertainty regarding their operational outlook for 2026.

Ambient AI vision improves hospital floor workflows

Ambient intelligence technology is being developed to visually monitor patient care environments, capturing real-time data on events like patient mobility and procedural timing. According to Becker's Hospital Review, companies like LeanTaaS are advancing this software to provide floor staff with measurable insights into operations and safety. This tool aims to standardize the undocumented moments that impact daily nursing tasks and patient outcomes.

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