A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/Verse Thirty
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Five The one who uses the Tao to advise the ruler Does not dominate the world with soldiers Such methods tend to be returned The place where the troops camp Thistles and thorns grow Following the great army There must be an inauspicious year A [...]
The CARE Act: Helping Family Caregivers From Hospital to Home
Originally Posted on 03/07/2016 by AARP http://blog.aarp.org/2016/03/07/the-care-act-helping-family-caregivers-from-hospital-to-home/ In preparing Mom’s medication, my 90-year-old Pop would fill a syringe using the light of the kitchen window to see if the dosage was correct. He set up the nebulizer on a table with handwritten step-by-step instructions to remind him how to operate it. [...]
Commencement Remarks to the Touro College School of Health Science 2016 Graduates offered by Phyllis on September 13, 2016.
Graduates in Cap and Gown --- Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis Dean Primavera, distinguished faculty, honored guests, proud parents and family and my newly graduated colleagues... I want to begin my guidance to you this afternoon by reminding all of you of just how unique and wonderful you [...]
Video: Caregiver Engagement: A Pathway to Deliver Patient-Centered Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edpPx4CtRac Listen closely to what can happen when caregivers are respected, heard and treated as team members and not employees...Fabulous!
Caring is a Delicate Balance: Let’s Talk About Advance Illness Management
The goal is self-determination and a peaceful death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXRDGzGyKf8
Teresa of Calcutta: A Life of Caring and Service
Mother Teresa Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNhaPykSky8 Life as a Young Sister Captivated by stories of missionaries, Agnes left her family home in Skopje in 1928 at the age of 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto. “Be so kind to hear my sincere desire,” she humbly wrote to the Loreto Mother Superior. [...]
Patient Experience From the “Other” Side of the Bed A Guest Post by Maxine Legall
Originally Posted on LinkedIn on August 17, 2016 I am a patient experience professional and I’m very passionate about sharpening my skills in this people based field. I am relatively new to the field but I can talk patient satisfaction scores with the best of them. I can facilitate a patient [...]
America’s Family Caregivers Can’t Wait: Tell Congress to Pass the RAISE Act Now Guest Post by Nancy A. LeaMond
Originally Posted www.blogAARP.org on 08/22/2016 After Labor Day, when Congress returns from its summer recess, there will only be 33 working days left for the U.S. House of Representatives before the end of the year. That’s not a lot of time to address some of our nation’s biggest challenges. One item [...]
VIDEO: Save one life, you are hero. Save 100 live, you are NURSE
This beautiful video says it all...no other words are necessary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6h2C47VFHk
6 Ways to Restore Your Nursing Resilience: An Interview with Phyllis
Publish Date: July 20, 2016 in Periop Insider by AORN written by Carina Stanton Nursing in the twenty-first century requires a new set of tools to go the distance, according to nursing Career Coach Phyllis Quinlan, PhD, RN-BC. “To have the vitality and resilience to practice nursing today, we need to [...]
A Brooklyn, New York LPN Takes a Stand for Social Justice
The now-iconic photo has since been hailed as a symbol for peaceful demonstrations against police brutality. It has also been likened to photos captured in past civil rights protests as well as one of the takeover in Tienanmen Square in China that captured a man staring down the tank. [...]
The Profession of Nursing is Not a Sprint, It is a Marathon
the best vision is insight phrase on a vintage slate blackboard Understand the Emotional Intelligence need to stay connected to the joy of your nursing practice. It takes: The ability to adapt The ability to make ans sustain relationships The ability to be resilient https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg6XboIJLSQ [...]
