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Honoring the Personhood of Brain-Dead Patients: A Delicate Approach
Photo by RIDVAN AYRIK/ Pexels In the past month, we had a couple of patients in our pediatric ICU who had suffered tragic neurological injuries and were declared medically brain-dead. In the state of...
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Comfort in the Midst of Grief: A Spiritual Care Journey
A mother’s grief. Photo by Khamkéo Vilaysing on Unsplash As a member of the spiritual care team, I received a request one morning to visit Ms. L, a patient who had just received devastating news: her...
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The Face of Burnout in Nursing: My Personal Story and Lessons Learned
Photo by Artem Kovalev on Unsplash Two-and-a-half years ago, I experienced severe burnout in my role as a night shift charge nurse in a cardiovascular ICU. This blog post shares my personal story,...
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Prioritizing Assessment of Postoperative Movement-Evoked Pain
It hurts to move. Staja Booker, PhD, RN It’s 10:00, 15 hours postoperative, and your patient has eaten breakfast and is resting comfortably in bed. You ask the patient, “On a scale of zero to 10, how...
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Telehealth in Rural Nursing: Embracing Change for Better Patient Outcomes
Photo by Bradyn Shock on Unsplash When I first heard of telehealth services coming to our rural hospital, no one was a bigger skeptic than I was. Perhaps the main reason was the way I was educated as a...
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Unseen Struggles: When the Pain of Chronic Illness Meets Disbelief
A friend’s desperation. Photo by Ben Blennerhassett on Unsplash It was early in the morning when I received a call from my best friend, who was crying and distraught. She frantically rattled off her...
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The Healing Power of Animals: Reducing Stress in Patients and Nursing Students
Nursing students are known to have high stress levels during their nursing programs. While many researchers have explored different coping mechanisms to help nursing students cope with their stress and...
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The Pitfalls of Being the ‘Nice’ Patient: A Nurse’s Perspective
Image Brent Keane/via Pexels I have often heard health care professionals in various environments say, “If you’re nice to the nurses and doctors who take care of you, you’ll get better care.” As a...
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Why Nurses Assist Falling Patients Despite the Risk
A too-common scenario. Joe opens his eyes and looks through the window of his hospital room. He has always been early to rise. Even at age 82, he can’t shake the habits he learned when he was young....
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Involving Nurses in Hospital Staffing Decision-Making
A qualitative study that looks at the experiences of nurses who have served on staffing committees. When I am faced with challenging situations and issues that involve multiple stakeholders, I seek...
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