Eating is a social activity for most people. Sadly, many elders live alone or have limited social contact especially during mealtimes. Some patients live in long term care facilities where the environment may be fraught with patients who are confused, having swallowing difficulties, and noisy. A poor social setting for meals may impair the nutritional […]
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Emotional Intelligence of Nurses
Emotional intelligence of nurses are affected by age, gender, and length of experience. All of these can influence the level of Emotional Intelligence in individuals. Which of these factors affect your EI? Age As we mature, emotional intelligence can develop. This is probably the reason why older people tend to have higher emotional intelligence. This […]
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The Stress is always the number 1 enemy
Stress is the one thing that we try to avoid, but somehow it has the perfect ways to find us. In the beginning you are holding it, carrying it with you every day, you say to yourself that you are perfectly normal and healthy person that can handle everything, yes, your job, your life has […]
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Learning How to Be with Terminally Ill Patients
Many nurses work in areas of healthcare where they do not encounter terminally ill patients regularly. Others work in hospices, critical care and emergency departments where death is relatively common. Often new nurses experience death initially while completing clinical rotations or during their early days as professional nurses. Being with a dying patient and their […]
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Stressed? Take a Walk on the Wild Side
All nurses know too well that nursing is an incredibly stressful profession. We care for people dying, injured, and chronically ill. Family members of the ill can be difficult to help. Company and governmental policies are in flux. It can be hard for a nurse to even catch a breath at times. An outdoor walk […]
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What Nurses Need to Know about Workplace Wellness
Workplace wellness is big business. Nurses have opportunities to facilitate the implementation of programs in their own work environments. Employment opportunities also exist for nurses in the employee wellness arena. Workplace wellness programs are becoming increasingly common. Their appearance and scope varies. While employers with large numbers of employees often offer comprehensive programs, at least […]
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New nursing routine
It’s a beautiful sunshine morning and my shift is over. Every day it is the same routine. I am wondering if there is something that could change this routine. I know that other people have the same problem too. Except, when you are working as a nurse, people are calling you day and night .This […]
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Denial in the Face of Serious Illness
Nurses work with people in crisis. Their coping abilities are dependent upon many factors. Nurses sometimes recognize that patients are in denial, but sometimes patients are in denial and do not let nurses know it. Facing a new diagnosis is overwhelming. Some people may have been going about their everyday business one day and then […]
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When we Care for Little Angels at NICU
Family centered approach to care fosters positive relationship between the families and health care team in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This type of approach affects the overall well being of families and their preterm infant especially during infant’s confinement. It allows for development of good rapport and trust between clients and the NICU […]
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To Be A Good Samaritan
What does it take to be a Good Samaritan? On the year 1989, Aline Camoux,RN, and Sarah John, MD, served as volunteers at the Cajun Music festival in Rhode Island. Ralph Boccasile, an attendee had an anaphylactic reaction due to seafood gumbo ingestion. Dr. John and other first aid crew members came to him for […]
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