The pressures along with the joys of the holidays is quickly encroaching. Figuring out all that needs to get done in order for you to enjoy your break, if you’re getting one, can be challenging. As nurses and physicians you’re probably thinking about others and how you can best meet their needs. It is helpful…
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…
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…
Ways to use Self-Compassionate Mindfulness
Are you so busy that sometimes you feel like an automaton or perhaps even a zombie? Constantly doing can interfere with being aware of what it is you are doing and what is going on. The third component of self-compassion engages your awareness so you can take a balanced approach as you experience and observe…
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