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1. The Power of Positive Thought

   nurse430+yrs replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

   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?

2. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   nurse430+yrs replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   From Nurse 430+yrs: One of the interesting things Quint Studer says in his book "Results that Last"...about health care: "health care workers are trained to focus on what's wrong, and for good reason: What's wrong can kill someone."---Pg 42. He goes...

3. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   nurse430+yrs replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   It's sad that new nurses or for that matter ANYONE has to put up with this; This is one of the many reason Joint Commission has come out with a new standard that MUST be in effect by January 2009....in various health care organizations. Basically thi...

4. The Power of Positive Thought

   nurse430+yrs replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Great example---congratulations on Good-Great health!

5. The Power of Positive Thought

   nurse430+yrs replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Nurse430+yrs It could be possible for some; that doesn't make them a victim or put blame on them IF that is their choice. We all live at conscious and subconscious levels in our lives. The conscious level for the most part we are aware --and for the...

6. The Power of Positive Thought

   nurse430+yrs replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Nurse430+yrs. "Saying they didn't have the will or attitude to cure themselves would be blaming the victim"----is not my quote! Please do not take what I said out of context----Yes, there have been strong, positive, productive happy people who attem...

7. The Power of Positive Thought

   nurse430+yrs replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Nurse430+yrs: The challenge and the problem is - our medical "advancements" do not for the most part include metaphysical, spiritual or emotional "prescriptions". In the spiritual area--the "treatment " is generally based upon traditional religion--w...

8. Should Continuing Education for Nurses be mandatory in all states?

   nurse430+yrs replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Great disucssion! The Agency for Healthcare Research and Policy recently present a report on physician CME's and Effectivenss of CME. Here's the results: Results: Of the 68,000 citations identified by literature searching, 136 articles and 9 systema...

9. Should Continuing Education for Nurses be mandatory in all states?

   nurse430+yrs replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   :nurse:Nurse430+yrs For the most part that sounds like a good idea! However, let's say you are a Cardiology Nurse for 10 years---should you be expected to pass the OB-GYN section? Or should one be required to pass the specific specialty area?

10. The Power of Positive Thought

    nurse430+yrs replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse430+yrs: Regarding your quote: NO it is not a pathetic attempt to explain away the "failure" of non traditional medicine. Frankly there have been more killed by traditional medicine than non-traditional medicine. WE/YOU/I do NOT truly KNOW wha...

11. The Power of Positive Thought

    nurse430+yrs replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    The Power of Positive Thought --IF first learned by nurses and THEN taught by nurses to patients will have a GREAT impact on health care (which is not really health care but disease care). Recommended reading: for ANYONE interested in the Power of ...

12. Could you all please help me by answering some questions???

    nurse430+yrs replied to renbertos's topic in General Nursing

13. Nurses and Weight Loss Surgery

    nurse430+yrs replied to NurseExec's topic in Stress 101

    ......Congratulations on the weight loss, not only on the weight loss but on changing all of the chronic disease patterns. Curiosity....what are you thoughts about so many in the nursing profession having obesity?

14. Nurses and Weight Loss Surgery

    nurse430+yrs replied to NurseExec's topic in Stress 101

    On the survey there is not the choice of: No, I have not had surgery. .....???What is the purpose of this questionnaire?

15. Should Continuing Education for Nurses be mandatory in all states?

    nurse430+yrs replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Professional reponsibility--gives me the shivers...it sounds like you want to leave it up to the individual???? So then, how do you get people (nurses) to take continuing education programs to keep up with their profession UNLESS you make it a mandat...