NURSE CAREER COACHING · LEADERSHIP & CAREER PIVOTS
Your next career move deserves a strategy.
Get clear on what’s next, communicate your value, and build a career plan with a nurse executive who understands your world.
26+ years in nursing. 18+ years in leadership.
Personalized coaching for nurses ready for a new role,
a specialty change, or greater leadership.
Karla Dawkins, MBA, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Nurse Executive · Career Strategist · Founder
Complimentary · 20 minutes · Virtual
CAREER CLARITY
Clarify where you are, where you want to go, and which opportunities align with your goals.
Clarity. Strategy. Intention.
What You'll Gain
Ready Now helps you get clear on where you’re going, strengthen how you position yourself, and create a focused strategy for your next move.
CAREER POSITIONING
Strengthen how you communicate your experience, leadership, value, and professional brand.
FOCUSED STRATEGY
Leave with a personalized action plan for moving toward your next opportunity.
Complimentary · 20 minutes · Virtual
Complimentary · 20 minutes · Virtual
Karla Dawkins, MBA, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Executive Nurse Leader | Career Strategist | Founder of Ready Now Career Coaching LLC
"After 26+ years in nursing, my purpose now is to help nurses see what’s possible, position themselves with intention, and step into what’s next."— Karla Dawkins
Why Work With Karla?
Career strategy from someone who understands nursing careers from both sides of the table.
Karla Dawkins brings more than 26 years of nursing experience, including 18 years in nursing leadership and executive leadership, to every coaching conversation. She understands nursing careers from both the professional and organizational sides of the table.
She has spent years developing nurses, leading healthcare teams, and taking part in conversations about readiness for advancement. She pairs that experience with formal training in career coaching to help nurses recognize their value, communicate it clearly, and make intentional decisions about their next career move.
Career guidance grounded in years of healthcare and nurse executive experience.
REAL-WORLD NURSING LEADERSHIP
Understand how experience, readiness, professional presence, and career positioning are viewed by healthcare leaders and decision-makers.
INSIGHT FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE
STRATEGY, NOT GENERIC ADVICE
Get practical guidance for making intentional career decisions and positioning yourself for the opportunities that fit where you want to go.
Real Moves. Real Results.
You don’t have to have every answer before you take the next step. Whether you’re considering leadership, a new specialty, a career pivot, or simply know it’s time for something different, the first step is getting clear about where you want to go.
“Before working with Karla, I hoped to become a Director one day but didn’t believe I was ready. She helped me strengthen my executive presence, speak confidently about my accomplishments, and recognize the value I bring as a leader. After only four months of coaching, I applied for a Director of Surgery role and was selected.”
D.G.
Director of Surgery
“I came to Karla at a crossroads—deciding whether to pursue higher leadership or pivot into nursing informatics. Her coaching and success plan gave me clear, actionable steps and helped me feel confident about my next move. I was ultimately offered a position in nursing informatics while completing my master’s degree in the field.”
E.R.
Epic Certified Clinical Nurse Informaticist
“Ready Now Career Coaching gave me the step-by-step plan I needed to advance my career. Karla showed me, through clear examples, how to translate my clinical experience into language that resonated with the hiring manager. I didn’t just earn a promotion to Assistant Nurse Manager—I gained a deeper understanding of my value as a leader and greater clarity about what I want from my leadership career.”
N.T.
Assistant Nurse Manager
Invest in Your Career —and Yourself
Personalized 1:1 coaching for nurses ready to change direction, pursue a new role, or step into greater leadership.
Career TRANSITIONS & Pivots
Clarify your direction, communicate your transferable strengths, and build a strategy for a new role or specialty.
Leadership Advancement
Prepare for greater responsibility, strengthen your leadership presence, and position yourself for your next leadership opportunity.
20 minutes · Virtual
The Ready Now N.U.R.S.E. Career Framework™
Career clarity is only the beginning. The N.U.R.S.E. Career Framework™ helps you move from uncertainty to intentional action by guiding you through five strategic stages of career development.
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NAVIGATE
Name where you are and where you want to go.
U
UPGRADE
Uncover the value you already bring.
R
RISE
Reposition your experience for what’s next.
S
STAMP
Strategize how you want to be known.
E
EXPAND
Execute your next move with intention.
Clarity gives you direction. Strategy helps you move.
FREE Ready Now
Career Clarity Guide
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A practical career clarity workbook for nurses who are ready to figure out what’s next.
You don’t have to figure out your next career move alone. The Ready Now Career Clarity Guide is a practical workbook designed to help you take a closer look at where you are now, what you want next, and what may be getting in the way.
Inside this workbook, you'll begin to:
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Clarify what you want from your next role
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Identify what may be keeping you stuck
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Recognize the value and experience you already bring
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Start defining your next intentional career move
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