Predicting the inevitable.
Tag: health care
Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: T
Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable T is for Three Good Things When I was a volunteer at Duke University Hospital right after I retired, Dr. J Bryan Sexton, director of the Patient Safety Center lectured our group about Three Good Things. Three Good Things, also called Three Blessings, was a tool he…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: T
Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: Q
Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable Q is for Quality of Life Quality of life (QOL) is the degree to which a person is healthy, comfortable, and able to participate in or enjoy special occasions and life activities. It is critical for health care professionals to take quality of life into account when…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: Q
Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: L
Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable L is for Laughter I stumbled across an article from the Mayo Clinic while googling the health benefits of laughter. In the article, Dr. Edward T. Creagan, an oncologist, comments on the health benefits of laugher, which is my “L” word today. Imagine my surprise as a…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: L
Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: E
Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable E is for Exercise I follow the blog: Better Health While Aging by Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH. Her blog is a common sense, understandable, practical guide about aging well for both the elderly and their caregivers. Exercise is important. It can mean the difference between remaining independent…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: E
Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: D
Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable D is for Death I believe that ageism is intertwined with our cultures’ avoidance with dealing with death. Which is why aging has a bad rap. Older people serve as a symbol of the eventual ending of life. As a new gerontological nurse practitioner who worked with…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: D
Aging: The Good, the Bad and the Tolerable
During the month of April, I’ll be posting every day except Sundays on the topic of aging. Hope you will come along with me as I challenge myself to write something (greater than 100 words) tied into the alphabet of the day–A to Z.
Choosing How to Die
Review of a important new book: Marv Taking Charge: A Story of Bold Love and Courage
Where Am I Going With My Blog? Here Is the Answer
Throughout my long nursing career, I have felt nurses were mostly invisible. So, from the beginning of my first post eleven years ago, I have stressed that nurses: Were rarely recognized as making a difference in the health care delivery system Have had little input into the policies that affected their practice Were seldom sought…… Continue reading Where Am I Going With My Blog? Here Is the Answer
How Mindfulness Can Be an Act of Self-Care for Nurses
Originally posted on Nightingale:
Nurse Burnout Won’t go Away Until the Industry Changes. But in the Meantime, Mindfulness can Help Nurses Prioritize Their Well-Being. ? This past November I attended a workshop on nurse burnout at the Johnson Foundation at Wingspread in Racine, Wisconsin. Clinical nurses, administrators, and researchers came together for three days to…
Getting Older: Charting the Uncharted 