Tools

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Thank You for this article! In the book, Heal Thy Nurse by Jennifer L Carr, there is a wonderful chapter on this premise entitled, The Power of Choice. She writes, "Once we embrace the power of choice-for everyone-we no longer have the need to convince everyone that we are right...puts us in direct control of our world and what we create for ourselves."

Thank you for asking me to clarify. I am with no company. I am a university professor and I am receiving no outside compensation for this work outside of my ordinary salary. University professors are expected to make research and service contributions as part of their regular appointments. I am working with students who are providing their services for free to gain experience. I am pursuing this topic as a research interest in the hopes of making a contribution to the nursing and design professions. I may apply some of the most useful feedback anonymously in an academic paper. If we are successful we might one day receive grant funding to develop a concept, but this is a long way off at this stage.

Calling all Nurses! I need your help! I am a researcher at a state university interested in designing a new tool to assist with the emotional regulation of nurses. My background is in Design and Empathy. Awareness and self-knowledge is the first step in successful emotional regulation. The objective of this tool is to familiarize the common emotions experienced by nurses and to provide them with on-the-spot solutions they can quickly employ to help regulate their emotions. The research for this project is in the preliminary stages and may potentially lead to funding. We want to design a tool that will bring about positive changes in the nursing profession by helping to prevent or reduce nursing burnout. Such a tool would be particularly beneficial to nurses with a strong empathizing cognitive style. 19 emotions have been identified that are typically experienced by care givers: Ambivalence Anger Anxiety Boredom Irritability Depression Disgust Embarrassment Fear Frustration Grief Guilt Impatience Jealousy Lack of Appreciation Loneliness Loss Resentment Tiredness. 1. Which of the 19 emotions listed above do you find most challenging? Why? 2. What tricks, tools, methods do you quickly employ to manage any one of these 19 emotions on the job? Thanks for your time and interest in helping us try to find ways to better the Nursing Profession!