Jerome Stone RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing
Oh my God, I'm so, so, so very sorry to hear about this. There's really nothing that I can say. I'm in shock. Things like this never seem to make sense. And knowing Brian, I can't understand it. My...
Jerome Stone RN replied to Jerome Stone RN's topic in General Nursing
Hi eroc - Thanks for getting engaged in this discussion. You wrote that, My experience is that the emotion may not be self-inflicted, i.e., that an emotional response may be the involuntary...
Jerome Stone RN replied to Jerome Stone RN's topic in General Nursing
Hello she57 - Ugh! The scene/situation that you've described is so prevalent in nursing isn't it? Very frustrating, sometimes even maddening. So, what do you do in these kind of situations? In terms...
Jerome Stone RN replied to Jerome Stone RN's topic in General Nursing
Hey there bbyRN - Eloquent! "a person has to make a dignified peace, whatever that looks like to them, or suffer blindly and perpetrate that suffering on others. Blindness is ugly" I couldn't have...
Jerome Stone RN replied to Jerome Stone RN's topic in General Nursing
Hello NICUGUY (great name!) Thanks for the comment. Also, thanks for the quote by Charles Swindoll: "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it." - Charles Swindoll I hadn't read...
Jerome Stone RN replied to Jerome Stone RN's topic in General Nursing
Hey BTDT (short for Been There Done That - hope that's okay?) - I'd like to engage in some friendly and collegial dialogue here. Whatever I have to share is open for discussion, critique, or...
PART ONE: IS NURSING ALL ABOUT STRESS?
As nurses, we know the meaning of stress. In fact, we may know its meaning more intimately than most of our peers who work in other professions. This is...