Non-Judgment (Guest Blogger Nathan Braden)
Our brains are prone to making snap judgments about almost everything. The judgment could be about us or about other people. The practice of non-judgment is valuable. It gently guides us into seeing a new perspective and causes our automatic perceptions to…
See Me As A Person: Attunement
Attunement – as depicted by Reconnecting to Purpose and Passion participants (2014) From the book, See Me As Person by Koloroutis and Trout (2016): consider specific times in your life as a professional when you have been attuned to another….
Water
Months ago I saw a Registered Nurse leaving for the day from James 21. She had an empty jug in her hand. I was curious. Was she recycling? Why was it empty? Was she going to make a piggy bank?…
Claiming Resilience
Resilience is a “hot topic” in our world. Resilience means that we recover or adjust to stress and/or change. We assess our patients for resilience throughout their cancer journey with us: How are they coping with this new diagnosis…
The Height of Spring (Guest Blogger: Leslie Moore)
APRIL IS THE MONTH TO STOP AND SMELL THE FLOWERS AND THERE ARE MANY TREES, SHRUBS AND SPRING FLOWERS IN BLOOM RIGHT OUTSIDE THE JAMES! GO OUT AND SMELL THEM. It will renew your energy,…
CALM – Review of an app
I have been using an app on my iPhone for meditation and sleep. Calm. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 the best – I would give it a 9.5. The only thing that keeps this from being perfect is…
Coping With Patient Death (Guest Blogger)
Experiencing patient death is common for some nursing specialties and rare in others. Some patient deaths are more difficult for us to grieve and process than others, and it never seems to just “get easier.” Some patients we will have…
Taking Brouhaha’s by the Horns (by Ruth Frankenfield)
Last month I addressed the importance of addressing conflict. This week, I’m offering the DESC process to help. This model, originally developed by Sharon A. and Gordon H. Bower, has been proven over time to be a highly effective conflict…
Depression
The Oncology Nursing Society has Putting Evidence into Practice (PEP) resources. One resource is about depression specifically for our cancer population. Cognitive Behavioral interventions (CB) are listed by the PEP reviewers as a recommendation for practice in treating depression in patients with cancer….
Remembrance and Renewal (R&R)
It has been 4 months since Dia de los Muertos and we have had 3 Remembrance and Renewal (R&R) weeks at James ambulatory sites. In December 2016, The James clinics at The Brain & Spine Hospital had their R&R in a…
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