Author: Dominick Flarey

Legal Nurse Consulting Article on Nursing Home Drug Abuse

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Nursing homes find themselves in many legal battles due to poor patient care.  This is not to say all homes are bad but the ones that are make headlines.  Legal cases erupt due to these abuses.

The article, US: Nursing Homes Misuse Drugs to Control Residents, source; Human Rights Watch, states,

“Nursing homes across the United States routinely give antipsychotic drugs to residents with dementia to control their behavior, despite rules against the misuse of drugs as “chemical restraints,” Human Rights Watch said in a report and video released today. This abusive practice remains widespread, even though the use of antipsychotic drugs on older people with dementia is associated with a nearly doubled risk of death.”

To read the entire article, please click here

Please also review our Legal Nurse Consulting program.

Grief Counseling Training Program Article on Ways to Help the Grieving

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Good article for those who help grievers professionally or personally.  A good guide to help others face grief and find some solace

The article, 21 Ways to Help Someone You Love Through Grief, by Amy Hoggart states

“Seven years ago, my father was diagnosed with terminal cancer before dying three and a half years later. It was a horrible time, during which I relied heavily on support from friends and family.”

The article lists a variety of positive and negative things that should and should not be done when trying to help the grieving.  To read the entire article, please click here

Please also review our Grief Counseling Training Program and see if it matches your academic and professional needs

 

Grief Counseling Certification Article on Why Grief is Important

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A good article with some thoughts on what grief is and why it is important although a negative experience.  Grief is the price of our love and social connections and we cannot survive without these connections but grief is also important in helping ourselves let go, to adapt and to also communicate to other social connections of our need of help in times of mourning

The article, Why is grief important?, by MEMBERS OF PENN STATE’S COUNSELOR EDUCATION GRIEF AND LOSS CLASS states

“The following are reflections from a counselor education grief and loss class at Penn State on why grief is important. Fifteen students contributed to the list.”

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Please also review our Grief Counseling Certification

Substance Abuse Counseling Program Article on Myths and Facts About Addiction

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Good article on myths and facts regarding substance abuse and drug addiction

The article, National Drug and Alcohol Facts Weeks about dispelling myths on substance abuse, by Winchester Sun states,

“National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week is a health observance linking teens to science based facts to “shatter the myth” about drugs.

Substance use can lead teens to long-term social and health problems, injury and even death.”

To read the entire article, please click here

Please also if you a behavioral professional or a licensed healthcare professional consider becoming certified in Substance Abuse Counseling.  This certification is offered by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals

Please also review our Substance Abuse Counseling Program to learn more and to see if it matches your academic and professional goals.

Stress Management Program Article on Stress Management

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Good article on reducing stress both at home and in the office and how you can reduce your stress from a panel of experts in stress management, as well as life coaching.  Please review and see ow it can help transform your life to a less anxious and stressful one.

The article, 10 Practical Ways To Reduce Stress In Your Life And At The Office, by Forbes Coaches Council states

“Stress can be a killer to any business professional. It can wear you down, burn you out and create more worry that is necessary on a daily basis.”

To read the entire article, please click here

Please also review our Stress Management Program and see if it matches your academic and professional needs.

Stress Management Certification Article on Fighting Anxiety in the New Year

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Good article on fighting stress and anxiety this new year.

The article, Five ways to tackle New Year Anxiety and Stress, source; IOL states

“In the beginning of the year most people talk about New Year resolutions, which can put a lot of pressure on an individual to stick to them. Some people worry about the uncertainty of an entire New Year whilst others worry about change in their environment, relationships, economy, etc.”

To learn these strategies, please review the full article by click here

Please also review our Stress Management Certification offered by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals to learn more about stress and management of it.

Grief Counseling Certification Article on Talking to the Bereaved

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Great article to help one understand the language and proper techniques to use with the grieving

The article, How to Speak Grief, by Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner states

“Grief has a language all its own, but even the best therapists can get tongue-tied around the tricky stuff. Our grief vocabulary isn’t clinical, and you probably won’t find it in the self-help books that friends hand you after the memorial service.”

To read the entire article, please click here

Please also review our Grief Counseling Certification and see if it matches your academic and professional needs in aiding and helping the bereaved. The program is designed for healthcare professionals, clinical counselors, as well as those in ministry and education.

Grief Counseling Training Article on Understanding Grief

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Great article on understand grief

The article, Understanding Grief, by Jane Brody states

“Although many of us are able to speak frankly about death, we still have a lot to learn about dealing wisely with its aftermath: grief, the natural reaction to loss of a loved one.

Relatively few of us know what to say or do that can be truly helpful to a relative, friend or acquaintance who is grieving. In fact, relatively few who have suffered a painful loss know how to be most helpful to themselves.”

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Please also review our Grief Counseling Training to learn more

Healthcare Case Management Certification Article on Healthcare and America

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Good article for healthcare professionals and the latest problems with healthcare and our financial situation

The article, The real reason health care is bankrupting America, by Dr. Kenneth L. Davis states

“The United States spends far more on health care than any other nation on the globe: $10,348 per person, which amounts to nearly 18 percent of gross domestic product. That is eight percentage points above the average of the industrialized member nations of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development.”

To read the entire article, please click here

Please also review our Healthcare Case Management Certification and see if it matches your academic and professional needs.

The program is online, self study and independent with courses that lead to a four year certification.  Nurses and other healthcare professionals may enter and begin to an exciting career as a certified Case Manager.

Christian Grief Counseling Certification Article on Grief and the Holy Family

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Good article on grief and how love and grief in this fallen world are so entangled.  The Holy Family plays a special role in this story of love and grief and serve as a paradigm for all families to emulate

The article, The Feast of the Holy Family: ‘Grief is the price we pay for love.’ by Terrance Klein states,

“If we have lived long at all, we know that no one can love us like family, and no one can hurt us like family. And this is as true of the Holy Family as it is of our own. Indeed, pondering the Holy Family reveals the depth of Queen’s Elizabeth’s words, “Grief is the price we pay for love.”

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Please also review our Grief Counseling Program, as well as our Christian Grief Counseling Certification