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Cool meditation tool for stressed nurses from ScrubsMag.com

By Jeff on Jan 07, 2011 in Nursing Staff Management

meditation Cool meditation tool for stressed nurses from ScrubsMag.comIf you have ever had a stressed out nurse who just needed a break (including yourself) then the Scrubs “Meditation in Minutes” Tool at ScrubsMag.com may be a great tool for you to use.

It was created with the input of Jason Evan Mihalko, PsyD, and Leslie Davenport, psychotherapist and author of Healing and Transformation Through Self-Guided Imagery and offers relaxation techniques that can be done in different time allotments.

There are exercises that take:

  • 1 minute
  • 2 minutes
  • 5 minutes
  • 7 minutes
  • 15 minutes

It is an easy to use tool, which is a good thing; you don’t want a tool that is supposed to help you relax be hard to use. You just click on the time you have to relax and a little pop up with the suggestion appears.

Try it out the next time one of your nurses looks a little stressed and let us know how it works.

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Take part in a great discussion on nurse leadership

By Jeff on Oct 15, 2010 in Hospital Staffing

This community chat at NurseTogether.com will discuss The Staff Nurse as a Leader. See what others think. http://ht.ly/2QHFe

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Make sure your nurses are thinking like nurses

By Jeff on Oct 12, 2010 in Hospital Staffing

It takes critical thinking to save lives and heal patients. http://ht.ly/2QHta

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Give your nurses a break

By Jeff on Sep 21, 2010 in Hospital Staffing

Research shows that nurses don’t get enough of a break during their shift. Do yours? http://ht.ly/2FPeh

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11 websites to help you keep your nurses from burning out

By Jeff on Jun 25, 2010 in Nursing Staff Management

iStock 000001552020XSmall 11 websites to help you keep your nurses from burning outDealing with nurse staff that is suffering from burnout is a constant challenge for nurse manager, so we have put together this list of nurse burnout resources for you to refer to when it becomes a challenge in your unit.

  1. Stress Management And Nursing Burnout Prevention
  2. Addressing Nurse Burnout – Changing Culture Is The Cure
  3. Nurse Burnout Prevention
  4. Seven Strategies to Reduce Nurse Burnout
  5. More Thoughts on Dealing with Nursing Burnout
  6. Decreasing Nurse Burnout In the Work Place
  7. Manager’s Guide to Preventing Nurse Burnout
  8. Battling Burnout in Nursing
  9. Nursing Burnout – RN-Coach.com Blog
  10. NurseZone Blog: Ask Cassie: Avoiding New Graduate Nurse Burnout
  11. 3 must-see videos to rebound from burnout

And one more just for fun

  1. Nurstoon.com
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Can special talents of your nurses improve patient care?

By Jeff on Oct 03, 2009 in Featured, Hospital Staffing, Nursing Staff Management

I came across an article on HealthLeadersMedia.com the other day about nurses at Arundel Medical Center using their artistic touch to liven up patients rooms that were undergoing renovations, by painting uplifting scenes on the windows that were covered top protect patients from viewing the bright lights from the welders. Staff, patients and visitors all said the paintings help improve the atmosphere of the floor.

But it made me wonder what other ways could nurse managers give the nurses a chance to use the talents of the nurses in their unit to help improve patient care and the atmosphere of their unit. Making crafts? Writing stories? Being a clown?

Is there anything you have done or our doing? Let’s hear ‘em.

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