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 [...]
An Interview with Phyllis
Originally featured in Women of Distinction Magazine: September 8, 2016 http://go.epublish4me.com/ebook/ebook?id=10090395#/0 Healer's outstretched open hand surrounded by random wise healing words on a rustic stone effect background Q&A Q: A good deal of your coaching practice is centered on working with family caregivers. What are some of the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
5 Warning Signs of Bad Nursing Home Care A Guest Post by Samantha Stein
We live in very busy times where we are ruled by our own schedules. When this happens, we often have little time to care for our aging loved ones. Luckily, nursing homes are an option for many of us. When we cannot provide the care that our elderly [...]
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 [...]
