The Link Between Depression and Pain – And How You Can Fight Back
Are there days when you ask yourself, “Is my migraine making me feel so helpless and worthless?” Or did I get the migraine because I feel so depressed and under constant pressure?”
Monthly Archive: October 2020
Top 12 Critical Competencies of Successful Nurse Leaders
Having a strong nurse leader in a healthcare setting often plays a vital role in a nurse’s decision to either stay or leave an organization. As a nurse, you have the vision, the creativity and the critical thinking ability. You are trained in instant decision making and critical thinking at the bed-side. It is high time, you as a nurse began developing your leadership skills. These skills can be learned and developed, contrary to the popular belief that leaders are born and not made.
Nurses Need to Heal-Healing Burnout in Healthcare
We have an amazing parking place at work. What is so amazing about it, you may ask? That parking place has seen staff meltdowns and breakdowns after or in the middle of a challenging...
14 Easy Habits that build Mental Strength
Building mental strength is no different than building your physiucal strength. A little cardio, a few pushups or jogging for a mile or two helps build your physical strength. Similar adapting the strategies given here would do the same to build your mental strength. In both cases, consistency is the key!
Childhood trauma: Why trauma informed care matters?
Life is not always a bed of roses. Bad things happen as a child grows up. Parents separate or divorce. Children get bullied in school. Chronic illness. Death in the family. Natural disasters like the earthquakes, tsunami or even the pandemic. Some traumas destroy a home. Others destroy their sense of safety and well-being for instance; racial violence, community shootings or even substance abuse in the family.
And that is why, to know the basics about trauma informed care becomes even more relevant.
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