Holiday stress can be a real thing. Christmas lists, dinner preparations, family from out of town, decorating, and all the excitement. While the holidays are fun they definitely are stressful. This article looks at how to lessen that stress.
Holiday stress can affect even the most happy person. Please also review our Stress Management Training Program
The article, “10 Simple but Crucial Ways to Deal With Holiday Travel Stress” by Korin Miller states,
“Thanksgiving is one of the busiest—and as a result, most stressful—travel times of the year. With everyone around you trying to get to their holiday destinations, that means some serious crowds, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and delays that zero people are psyched about.”
In the meantime, try to enjoy the Holidays. Find peace in family and spirituality to counter the secular hurry. Please also review our Stress Management Consulting Training program and see if it matches your academic and professional needs
Death is the ultimate mystery. it captures every essence of humanity. It is spiritual and physical, as well as mental. In this, society has attempted to understand the true nature of death and how to face it. Through this, multiple rituals have developed over the centuries to help the individual, as well as the family, to face death. In this, we can come to a true understanding why we as a society need death rituals.
End of life rituals are important to society. Please also review our Pastoral Thanatology Program
The article, “Why we need end-of-life ritual” looks into this important aspect of Pastoral Care of the dying and why it is needed in society.
The article states, “Rituals help people to mark and make sense of the big life changes that we all go through, such as births, marriages and deaths. Rituals work when the people involved understand what is going on. For example, for a non-religious parent, it may make sense to have a secular baby-naming ceremony, rather than a religious christening or baptism to welcome their baby to the community.”
Great article about a doctor and his sister. Learning from grief that was her own, he was able to utilize that emotion as empathy for others. Pastoral Thanatology, Grief Counseling and other care giving modalities are all founded on empathy and the ability to utilize it. Please also review also review our program and see if it matches your professional needs.
Doctors can also treat the soul than just the dying body. Please also review our Pastoral Thanatology Program
The article, “Grief as My Guide: How My Sister Made Me a Better Doctor” by Joseph Stern states.
“As I left the room, Meghan thanked me and said this was the first doctor’s appointment she had had in a long time where she didn’t cry. I never used to cry when speaking with patients. I would gird myself, push forward, distract myself with new and pressing problems to fix; I focused on technical, rather than human, matters. Now, I told Meghan that I would cry for us both. My sister was present in that room, in the patient sitting before me and in the way I was newly able to comfort and reassure her.”
This article shows that sometimes the best way to under empathy is to experience it literally yourself. Doctors can be caring and involved. They can learn better patient skills through various Pastoral Thanatology Programs, as well as Grief Counseling Programs. Please review AIHCP’s programs in both Grief Counseling and Pastoral Thanatology
Readmission into hospitals is a big cost issue. Patients with more complicated issues need extra care and management in preventing unexpected returns. A more comprehensive and qualify based care and lessen readmission for those suffering from more complicated issues. The article and study below look closer at why this type of care worked in lowering admission.
More intensive care management for complex situations led to a lowering of readmission by 37 percent. Please also review our Healthcare Case Management Program
The article, “Focusing on Patients With Complex Medical Needs via Intense Care Management Shows Promise, AJMC® Researchers Say” states,
“Super-utilizers,” or patients with complex health issues and frequent hospital visits, are becoming a focus of care management programs in an effort to improve patient outcomes. However, evidence on their effectiveness is slim. A study published in The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®)found that Medicare fee-for-service patients in four states who fit this category and were enrolled in a high-intensity care management program had 37 percent fewer unplanned hospital readmissions than a matched comparison group.
Sad article about the reality of grief for many during the holidays, especially during Christmas and Thanksgiving. The empty seat is a terrible reminder to many of the lost loved one. In learning to overcome this grief, it is good to unite the past with the present and bring their memory back to all.
The article, “A Thanksgiving Feast With Space At The Table For Grief” by ADHITI BANDLAMUDI discusses the pain of loss for some during the Holidays and how to better cope and understand the grief. The article states,
“Holidays can be hard for grieving families. In Charlotte, N.C. a support group called Mothers of Murdered Offspring, or MOM-O, has an annual tradition to help its members get through a season that can feel relentless: they host a Thanksgiving meal for local families who have lost a loved one to homicide.”
A funeral is a rite of passage. It is something that is religious and sacred but also something that is very sad. It is a rite of passage for the deceased but a time of great pain, agony and suffering for the surviving family.
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While it is important to make this sad day perfect, in regards to religious rites as well as visiting hours, the service and wake, it is equally important to make sure the individuals and family grieving the deceased also are dealing and coping in a productive way.
The funeral itself is beyond just a rite of passage for the deceased, but also a social venue for the grieving family to find solace but also finality. For many it is the beginning of a long process of adjustment, accepting the reality of death and moving forward.
In this social event, family and friends are able to grieve openly and also check on others who share in their grief. It permits those who may be suffering internally to be given a chance to express sorrow and also be looked after by other surviving family. It is a gauge for the entire and collective health for the family a whole.
Some within the circle of family and friends may heal and cope quicker. At the wake, they may share old stories of the deceased and begin commemoration the loss in a healthy way. Others may need more time to grieve and be held and listened to.
In this array of emotions, individuals start the healing process at the funeral. This is why, it can truly be said, the funeral is more for the family than the deceased. True it is a remembrance of a life, a time to be grateful for that life and wish that life a successful transition into the afterlife, but for many, the funeral is about accepting that farewell.
Accept for the necessary prayers and religious rites, the deceased is at peace. It falls upon the function of the funeral and its rituals to help others accept that peace as well. In this way Funeral Directors, Funeral Associates, Pastors, Ministers, and Grief Counselors can all play roles of the day and after in helping the bereaved move forward.
It is true that after the funeral and the many cards in the mail, the true grey period of bereavement arrives, in which one learns the long lesson of adapting to life without the deceased and writing for oneself a new chapter. This is a long process, but the funeral sets the foundation for this long process to begin.
It is important to remember the grieving throughout the year and even years after as they overcome the loss in their life. Too many times, one dismisses another’s grief a few weeks after the funeral, thinking one should simply “get over it”, but the if one truly understands the nature of grief, then one will realize that the funeral is only the first step in a long process. A process that will involve future holidays without the deceased, as well as multiple anniversaries that only re-stir the emotions of loss within a person.
If you are interested in learning more about Grief Counseling or becoming a Funeral Associate, then please review our Grief Counseling and Funeral Associate Certifications and see if they match your academic and professional needs.
In the meantime, we need to see the critical importance the funeral plays as a social construct to help the grieving accept death but also as a way to help the healing process, but grief care cannot end there but is an ongoing process that goes well beyond a few weeks but sometimes beyond a year itself. We need to remember that the sting of loss never dies with grief counseling, it just becomes more bearable.
Malpractice cases are a very common theme in the medical world. Individuals are injured and seek compensation due to negligence, misconduct, or failure to apply to medical standards. Legal Nurse Consultants play a key role in aiding the victim or helping in the defense of the healthcare provider. Long ago, the idea of nurses being sued in a malpractice was non-existent, but in recent years the chance of a nurse has increased in facing charges. Around 2 percent of all malpractice cases involve nurses. This is still very low, but if a nurse is not careful, he or she can become liable for patient injury. A nurse can lose his or her license, position, as well as personal assets in these cases, so nurses, even basic RN’s need to protect themselves with good habits in patient care. Following nursing standards and following protocol are key factors in protecting oneself as a nurse, but it goes beyond that.
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Most cases against nurses involve misconduct, but can also include a variety of issues during the actual care. Besides from deviating from norms of care, nurses need to properly communicate with the physician, fellow nurses, and patient in the overall care.
Nurses also need to monitor and assess the patient. This involves watching the patient carefully and not neglecting the patient’s needs or missing important and clear changes in health. While this seems to be the most common-sense role a nurse plays, nurses can become overwhelmed with numerous patients and one can forget a minor duty.
Most attorneys look at the nurse’s role in the injury to their patient and will look at communication issues, medication errors, assessment errors, and the mental state of the nurse. Nurses need to be very vigilant in the care of their patients, not just for the patient’s health, but also for their own legal and professional security.
Most professionals agree, nurses can protect themselves through excellent charting and documentation. If it is not documented, in the eyes of the court it never occurred. Nurses hence need to document patient care and communicate it efficiently to other care professionals.
Nurses need to also work within the chain of command. If something does not seem right, they need to notify the physician and if something continues not to seem right, they cannot just remain silent, but contact the head nurse to correct the issue.
Through communication with the patient and family, most nurses can avoid these pitfalls. Most attorneys are looking to sue the system itself, but nurses play an important role in protecting the hospital through good first-hand care.
Nurses are, still nonetheless, no longer absent faces in malpractice suites and can face great legal and professional losses if they do not follow standards of care and present themselves properly in that care. It is a serious job to care for people and responsibility and professional care are prerequisites for any nurse.
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The love and bond between a boy and his dog is one of the first true bonds that is tested in death for a child. It is a sad loss with true value but also a loss that teaches one the nature of death in this broken world. One learns though how to love, how to give and how to be love unconditionally back.
The article, “A Boy and His Dog: Finding Strengths and the Capacity To Love Through Grief and Loss” illustrates how conventional stereotypes of how a man should grieve and the loss of a dog brought one man to his knees in grief. The article states,
Losing a pet can make the hardest heart cry. Please also review our Pet Loss Grief Counseling training to learn more
“No one tells you how multi-layered grief can be: I supposed it is one of those things that must be experienced first-hand. I know if I am going to resolve my grief, I have to feel this. I have to accept this loss and let “sad” happen. ”
I think this article pastes together these two aspects of how men should grieve and how loss does not see one’s gender when grieving the loss of one of our furry friends. Please also review our Pet Loss Grief Counseling program to learn more and become trained in Pet Loss Grief Counseling.
What are the rights of a dismissed nursing student? It can happen and one can be expelled or removed from a program. In this article, these questions are looked to be answered. It can definitely be a horrible feeling to be removed from a program you have worked so hard to succeed in. Your rights may be violated and you may need to seek professional and legal help in finding justice.
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The article, “Dismissed nursing student wants to know her rights” discusses one’s rights and how to find justice if inappropriately removed. The article states,
“Generally, if you’re a nursing student your rights in a dismissal proceeding depends on, first and foremost, if you are in a public post-secondary nursing education program or in a private nursing education program.”
Also please review our Legal Nurse Consulting Program and see if it matches your academic and professional needs. As a Legal Nurse Consultant you can deal with a wide variety of cases with various legal firms dealing with nursing laws and malpractice. AIHCP offers an online program where one can earn a certification in Legal Nurse Consulting and apply their knowledge to variouis cases throughout the country, hoping to help others escape injustice. If you are interested in nursing and legal cases, please review the program and see if it matches your academic and professional needs.
Stan Lee, one of the most creative minds of our generation and creator of numerous comics recently passed away but prior he spoke with Larry Ling about his own thoughts on death.
What is it like to be dead? Stan Lee does not even know. Please also review our Grief Counseling Certification
In the article, “What Marvel Comics’ Stan Lee Thought About Death and the Afterlife” by Zach Johnson, one can review an interview Stan Lee had on the topic and nature of death and what he felt regarding it. The article states,
“I don’t fear death. I’m curious. I can’t imagine what it could be like, because I personally feel when you die, that’s the end. It’s the machine that the engine is off,” Lee said on Hulu’s Larry King Now. “But how can there be nothing forever? You know what I mean? I can’t believe it.”
Stan Lee did make a great point in that how could nothingness be forever? While he did not have many answers, he definitely shared many dreams and ideas and thoughts in his various comics of what other realms and even death itself may be like. Like Lee, none of us really empirically know, but we can continue to speculate and state what we believe. As Lee stated ironically in his interview, he was in no rush to learn soon, and I think with that, we can all agree.
