Expressing gratitude is one of the most powerful well-being practices. Invoking gratitude throughout the day has had a huge impact on my well-being and is one of my favorite tools. Gratitude Research has found that when we express gratitude we experience an uplift in our emotions and attitudes. What do you appreciate right now? Paying attention to…
Team Building with Strengths Conversations
Diversity of opinions and outlooks can be challenging when working as a team, and yet to be the most successful, teams need to have a variety of strengths which often show up as divergent opinions. We tend to feel comfortable with those who share our strengths. When you know your own strengths as well as…
To Dream the [im]Possible Dream
Given the reality of healthcare, thinking about ease and pleasure at work, seems like the impossible dream. All the various demands, the feelings of you’ve got to do it on your own and the unending documentation and regulations limit your vision of what is possible. Recently, I saw Man of LaMancha, a beautiful, sad and…
6 Standards for Excellence at Work
Preparing for my Vital Signs of Well-Being presentation for the American Association of Critical Nurses (AACN) regional Horizons conference, I learned about Healthy Work Environment standards which were identified in 2005. These were developed in response to evidence that “unhealthy” workplaces contributed to medical errors, conflict and stress among workers, ineffective delivery of care and…
Preparing to Deal with Stress Effectively
What do you say and ask yourself after you’ve been stressed at work? Working in healthcare can be overwhelming with demands from patients, colleagues, administrators and third party payers. All the stresses can lead to Burnout. Prevention of and recovery from burnout needs to be dealt with on a variety of levels – individual, team,…
Strategies for Longevity in Your Career as a Nurse
Congratulations! You’re about to start out in your first nursing job. You know it will be challenging, and you’ve been putting your brain, heart and soul into doing a good job to learn the skills needed to serve you patients. What are you doing to serve yourself at this time of transition? What are you…
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