Saturday, May 30, 2009

Nurse interviews President Obama

This U Tube interview summarizes the problems with the profession of nursing today.
It is time for nurses to speak up about their needs in healthcare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpmO...layer_embedded

This is a fantastic summary. It is time to improve the quality of nurses lives and jobs.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

10 Healthcare Professional Rights

Health Care Providers Bill of Rights:

Compassion Fatigue is a sickness plaguing healthcare staff. While there is hope, these articles provide tools to get back on track from Compassion Fatigue. This article is to give health care providers permission to make and create space for themselves in their workday. Awareness of your fatigue and acceptance is, to use an old cliche "the first step."
You may feel like you are struggling, but your co-workers may perceive you as highly functioning.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Tools Measuring Success in Healthcare Part Two

Welcome back to Nurse Guardian, LLC.

Nurse Guardian is a company that offers Compassion Fatigue Seminars, Train the Trainer on Compassion Fatigue and Life Coaching geared toward healthcare workers and care givers. This article is part two in a series of three articles.

See Article TOOLS MEASURING SUCCESS HEALTHCARE, ONE posted Friday April, 10th. For part I of this series.

Healthcare Protection During the Swine Flu II

The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting the importance of not becoming complacent during this Swine Flu epidemic. Mexico has made an announcement they believe the worst is over with the Swine Flu. Like the Spanish Flu of 1918, which started in the spring, it slowed during the hot summer months. Once Fall and cooler weather came, the Spanish flu came back a powerful force
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Here is a link to the CDC website for healthcare providers. The page has information on public health, healthcare associated infections, travel notices including outbreaks and loads of information on vaccinations. If you only have a second, click the link for the travel immunization information.

Thanks for checking out my webpage.

http://www.cdc.gov/CDCForYou/healthcare_providers.html