In the elements
Studies show that access to nature can have a positive effect on stress and well-being of nurses and patients alike.
12-hour Shifts: Risky to Nurses and Patients?
Although nurses across the country delight in the benefits of 12-hour shifts, concern is growing about the risks to RNs, including health issues later in life, and the potential danger for patients as well.
Super Foods for Busy Nurses
Experts say the biggest problem with the eating habits of nurses during work hours is usually not that they eat too much — it’s that they don’t eat enough.
Breathing Is Underrated: Yoga Tips for Nurses
Nurses know taking a deep breath can help their patients under stress, but do they follow their own advice? Three RN yoga instructors share quick, simple techniques that can help nurses relax and renew in just a few minutes a day.
Bing's Visual Search decommissioned
May 22, 2012
| LiveSide.net
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Taking Care of Me! The Art of Developing Healthy Habits
The stress of work, family demands and professional responsibilities often interfere with nurses’ ability to do what’s right for their own health. Learn about the importance of making your own health a priority from Wendy Wright, RN-BC, APRN, FNP, ANP, MS, FAANP, a nurse practitioner who provides primary care to hundreds of nurses.
Are you SAD? Shedding Light on Seasonal Affect Disorder
Seasonal affect disorder affects between 10-20% of Americans. Learn predisposing factors and symptoms of SAD and what you can do as a nurse to help yourself and your patients affected by this sometimes year-round problem with Gayle Johnson Bohrer, RN, MSN, adjunct faculty at the University of Northern Colorado.
The Science of Happiness
Learn about the science of happiness, including incidence, physiology and signs and symptoms. Join Cindy Saver, RN, MS, to explore research-based strategies to boost happiness in your life and the lives of your patients.
Beauty Boosters! An Introduction to Medical Aesthetics
Learn the ins and outs of this exciting career path for nurses and the latest non-surgical techniques in skin care with Johanna Fangmeyer, RN, MSN, a certified family nurse practitioner with 10 years' experience in cosmetic dermatology.
Nurturing Principles for Nurturing Nurses
Join Rebecca Scritchfield, RD, LD, MA, ACSM, HFS, registered dietitian, speaker and communications consultant, to learn up-to-date nutritional information and lifestyle techniques to improve your diet — and your personal and professional lives.
Social Networking: Putting Your Best Post Forward
Modern technology hasn't eliminated the need to chat around the water cooler, but it has raised the amount of information shared in public. Kathleen Pagana, RN, PhD, author of "The Nurse’s Etiquette Advantage: How Professional Etiquette Can Advance Your Nursing Practice," will share guidelines for nurses in a social media world.
Violence in the Workplace: What's the Cost?
Violence and hostility in the workplace does happen, frequently at the hands of other nurses. Learn about lateral violence, its consequences and what you can do as a nurse to prevent violence in the workplace with Velma Henderson, RN, MS, CNAA, BC.
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Play Happy Nurse!
Nurses need opportunities to "de-stress." Play the free, stress-busting game "Happy Nurse" to help you unwind. Offered by The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future, the game is available for download as a mobile app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, or you can play online.
And OTAs begin.
May 22, 2012
| Kent Somers
Wells had surgery on his right knee after the season, and the plan all along is to have him healthy... read the rest of this post ...
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