Re: The Power of Positive Thought Originally Posted by nurse430+yrs
With 89% of the nurses on this thread believing they/we CAN impact the outcome health/healing for patients----can you share what kind of things you do to assist/help/facilitate this process?
My friend is a new ICU nurse. She told that some (not all) experienced nurses often make their own prognosis bases on their previous experience with "similar" cases. She said that it is difficult to stay positive when during morning report a nurse confidently predicts an outcome -- death-- for your patient.
The patient got well enough to be discharged home. My friend felt great appreciation for the patient for being able to defeat both the death and cynical disbelief based on years of experience.
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