Like any prayer or meditation, outside thoughts and emotions can emerge. These sometimes negative emotions can affect one’s ability to find peace and meditate. It is important to be able to channel out distractions and noise and emotions in meditation.
Negativity and emotions can follow us into meditation. Please also review our certified Meditation Instructor Program and see if it meets your professional goals
The article, “Negativity Coming Up When You Meditate? Here’s How To Work Through It” by Adreanna Limbach states,
“Meditating when you’re in a good mood is one thing. Meditating when you’re dealing with inner turmoil? That’s where the real work happens.”
Meditation is about finding peace. In finding peace, sometimes we need to learn how to channel out the distractions and negative emotions that will not allow one to meditate. If you would like to learn more about meditation or would like to become a certified Meditation Instructor then please review the program and see if it matches your professional and academic goals.
Service of care should not be the main contributor of reimbursement but quality of that service. Overall population health, patient experience and patient care that reduces unnecessary stay and services are all critical elements.
Please also review our Healthcare Case Management Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals
The article, “Improve patient care – aim for the Triple” by Phillip Gratzel von Gratz looks at the triple aim of patient experience and health. He states,
“There is a broad consensus around the world that healthcare reimbursement should at least partly be based on performance and outcomes and not exclusively on service provision. This is mostly a theoretical consensus though”
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Please also review our Healthcare Case Management Program and see if it meets your academic and professional needs. Healthcare Case Managers need to understand the value of patient care in regards to quality and also cost effective ways to treat patients.
Grief while universal is definitely also unique and very complex. The complexity of grief leads to a variety of reactions to loss due to multiple different origins.
Learn more about becoming a certified grief counselor and how to help others overcome the complexity of grief
The article, “The Grief Experience: Survey Shows It’s Complicated” by Koenig takes a closer look at the complexity of grief. She states,
“Many of us have the misperception that there’s a right way to grieve, and most people think they’re doing it wrong,” says Donna Schuurman, a family therapist and senior director of advocacy and training and at the Dougy Center, a Portland, OR, nonprofit that helps people deal with the death of a loved one. “We live in a society that wants us to get over it and move on.”
Grief will always be a complicated emotion to fully understand but we can help others grieve in a healthy way. We can understand the reasons behind each case and help those individuals cope with their grief in effective ways. Please also review our Grief Counseling Courses and see if you would like to become a certified Grief Counselor.
Grief is a reaction to loss. It is natural but overtime grief can become toxic to the body. Long term and pathological grief can weaken the body and affect it negatively. This is why it is important to ensure you are grieving in a healthy fashion. If not, one should seek help and counseling.
Long term and pathological grief can negative effects on health. Please also review our Grief Counseling Certification
The article, “How Grief Shows Up In Your Body” by Stephanie Hairston looks at the negative effects of adverse grief in one’s life. She states,
“What causes these physical symptoms? A range of studies reveal the powerful effects grief can have on the body. Grief increases inflammation, which can worsen health problems you already have and cause new ones. It batters the immune system, leaving you depleted and vulnerable to infection. The heartbreak of grief can increase blood pressure and the risk of blood clots.”
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Spiritual gifts are given to everyone. Each person has their own unique gifts for their particular calling. Together, persons share their gifts for the building of the mystical Body of Christ. This is why the Holy Spirit shares unique talents with everyone. These talents are essential for the building of the faith.
Christians need to cultivate their spiritual gifts. Please also review our Christian Counseling Training Certification and see if it meets your needs.
The article, “Stewarding spiritual gifts” by Diana Myers reviews how important it is to steward our spiritual gifts and share them with the church and for own spiritual salvation. She states,
“FCA believes that every believer has a calling. And in order to fulfill our calling to the utmost, God has provided each of us with a unique set of spiritual gifts. Knowing and leveraging our spiritual gifts enables us to be more effective members of the body of Christ.”
With such importance, it is critical we all cultivate our own spiritual gifts and help utilize them for the greater honor and glory to God. Please also review our Christian Counseling Training Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals.
Often, mental illness and drug addiction go hand in hand. This is because when people use drugs, it is typically due to an underlying mental issue, such as depression and anxiety. Also, using drugs can trigger various types of mental disorders. Therefore, it is important to take a comprehensive approach when treating patients in order to determine if they have a mental disorder that needs to be addressed along with their treatment for addiction. The following information will provide a closer look at ways you can help patients who are suffering from both conditions in order to ensure a full and lasting recovery:
Develop an Integrated Treatment Plan
An integrated treatment plan will help to effectively address both the mental illness and the addiction. Examples of helpful methods include starting off with a medical detox when necessary. This will allow the patient to come off of the drugs or alcohol in a safe way. Once this is completed, the patient should be thoroughly evaluated in order to determine a proper diagnosis as well as a proper recovery plan. From here, it can be helpful to provide the patient with various types of therapy, such as one-on-one sessions and group sessions. This will allow them to work through their underlying issues that lead to addiction in the first place and can also give them the opportunity to relate to and empathize with others in a similar situation, which will show them that they are not alone and that they can work through their problems with others, which can help to achieve more meaningful and lasting results. Overall, a dual diagnosis treatment program can allow the patient to focus on healing from both their mental illness as well as their addiction and develop effective coping mechanisms for both issues.
Create an Aftercare Plan
Both mental illness and addiction can be an ongoing issue. Therefore, you will need to ensure that you provide patients with the proper tools they need to succeed beyond just the recovery phase. It can be helpful to encourage patients to continue attending therapy sessions during their transition back into normal life. It can also be beneficial to ensure that the patient is able to build a strong support system and is able to successfully navigate conflict. By building a support system, this will ensure that they have people who are there to help them during difficult times, and learning to effectively navigate conflict will ensure that they don’t become too overwhelmed when things go wrong, which will ensure they are able to fight the temptation to use again.
Overall, dealing with both addiction and mental illness can be a difficult process. There are likely many underlying issues that will need to be addressed and worked through. The aforementioned information makes a great starting point in order to ensure that patients are able to fully recover and go on to live normal healthy lives. Reintegrating back into society can often be difficult. So, it is important that you take the proper steps to ensure that patients are well-prepared to return to independent living and that they have the proper tools and knowledge needed to be successful.
Please also review AIHCP’s Substance Abuse Practitioner Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program in online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking.
Hospitals and other health care facilities depend heavily on proper direction and management. It goes well beyond just excellent physical care but also leadership and guidance. This guidance comes from the various heads of the departments within the healthcare facility. In the healthcare setting, a hospital can have multiple departments. The lab, the ER, the maternity ward, and critical care are but a small sample of essential departments within a hospital or healthcare facility.
Healthcare Managers play a pivotal role in the organizational hierarchy of a hospital and the implementation of its policies and procedures
Healthcare Managers are essential to the function of all of these departments. They play a critical role in ensuring that proper procedure and care are administered, as well as dealing with a host of other departmental issues, from personal to supplies and oversight. The demands require not only a training in nursing and healthcare but also human resource skills and management leadership.
Healthcare Managers do not necessarily have to be healthcare professionals, although many hospitals internally hire nurses and other trained staff. Overall, the healthcare manager works in conjuncture with the doctors and nurses in ensuring quality care. They also ensure that the department is financially sound. Healthcare managers also deal with personal, disputes, and discipline of employees within his or her department. (1)
In addition to this, healthcare managers need to exhibit various skills. They need to display leadership and the ability to communicate. They need to be good strategic planners, as well as proficient at planning budgets. Education wise, they can be healthcare professionals, but this is not necessarily required. Many possess degrees in human resources, information technology, marketing, as well as nursing. (ibid)
Many work with consulting firms, rehabilitation centers, hospitals and other healthcare centers, nursing homes and with insurance companies. The standard pay for such services is around 100, 000 a year. Nurses should take special attention for the opportunity to lead a department. With their knowledge of the department and the necessary skills, they can offer their services to their employer. (ibid)
As stated, a career as a Healthcare Manager can be a lucrative and awarding position. Healthcare managers through their hard work increase the success of their department. Through their daily work, they are able to work with supervisors in presenting and giving the best patient care possible, while also helping the department run smoothly. Healthcare Department Managers answer to directors, who then answer to hospital or healthcare executives. Hence, Healthcare Directors play a pivotal role in the hierarchy ladder. (2)
From medical standpoints, they coordinate with healthcare professionals and from a business standpoint, they budget and work with various vendors, but they also provide another service. They also are important in supporting innovation and pursuing the best ways to improve patient care and patient follow up. In this way, they are looking for the best ways to accomplish things. Through technological innovation as well as procedure, healthcare managers can improve patient experience and also improve patient recovery. In this way, healthcare managers also work closely with healthcare case managers.
Healthcare Managers play many roles in the success of their department and need excellent communication skills
In working with their staff and team, healthcare case managers need to able to present, summarize and provide staff with information regarding plans. They need to be able to organize and lead meetings pertaining to their department and also report to the directors above them. They need to ensure that the procedures and plans are properly carried out.
So we can see that a Healthcare Manager performs at multiple levels. As sometimes a healthcare provider, they may have nursing experience, or at least a strong knowledge of his or her departments medical procedures. In this regard, they serve a medical function for quality control. They are very much involved with proper execution of procedure and patient care and recovery within the department. From a business aspect, they are responsible for oversight in budgets, as well as contracting with vendors for basic supplies essential to the department. From a leadership position, they help implement plans and innovative ideas and finally from a human resource perspective, they work with employee issues and discipline.
Nurses, again, as earlier mentioned, can be excellent candidates for healthcare managers. Their knowledge of the department and procedure and care are essential prerequisites to the position. Some nurses may wish to enter into leadership positions and seek the opportunity to lead a department. These nurses may also have training in business, or human resource work. Nurses, like this, can be a valuable asset to the healthcare facility and offer their services for leadership.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals gives nurses the opportunity to advance within the field of Healthcare Management through their unique certification in Healthcare Management. The program is designed to help nurses learn the basics of management within a department. All issues from a leadership, medical, business and human resource perspective are dealt with in the program. This gives the student the ultimate confidence that they will be able to enter the position and effectively lead the department with the knowledge necessary for success.
The program offers essential course topics. The first course deals with organizational behavior which is a key topic in leadership positions. The second course deals with healthcare delivery systems. The third course reviews human resource management. The fourth course looks into the importance of leadership in healthcare management. The fifth course studies finances and budgeting. The final course addresses insurance and reimbursements.
Please review the Healthcare Management Certification and see if it matches your academic and professional goals
The program itself is completely online. The courses are self paced and the student can proceed at his or her own speed and need. There is only a two year deadline to complete, but most courses, since they are online and self paced, can easily be completed within a month. Each course has an open book exam based on the text book and students have the luxury of unlimited mentor guidance as needed. One can utilize his or her instructor as much or as a little as needed.
Instead of purchasing the entire program at once, students also have the luxury of paying per course as they proceed through the program. After completing all of the required six courses, the student can then apply for certification with the American Institute of Health Care Professionals. The cost for a four year certification is $200. After the four year period, certified members can re-certify but must possess 50 hours of continuing education and 500 hours of work within the field as a healthcare manager.
If you a nurse and would like to move up the organizational ladder, then this certification can be an excellent tool in advancing your career and giving you the optional certification that others do not possess. Please review the Healthcare Management Certification and see if it matches your academic and professional goals and needs.
Explaining death to a toddler can be difficult. Children throughout their development require certain explanations about loss. Much of this is based on their understanding and comprehension of loss. Toddlers and their feelings still need addressed. They will notice the loss and need reassurance.
Teaching a toddler about death and loss is important Please also review our Child and Adolescent Grief Counseling Program
The article, “How To Explain Death To A Toddler, According To An Expert — Because It’s Just Part Of Life” by Jennifer Parris states,
“Forget about the birds and the bees. The talk that most parents dread having with their small children is the one about death. It’s an uncomfortable subject that many people don’t want to deal with, much less try to talk to a child about. I mean, how do you really explain death to a toddler? It’s a subject that none of us truly understands in the first place.”
Death can be difficult to discuss but it is important to address loss even with a toddler. Learning how to express death and explain it is important. Please also review our Child and Adolescent Grief Counseling Program
Meditation is an age old practice. It is associated with spirituality but also over all health. While originally spiritual in essence, in recent years it has become an alternative health practice in the West.
Meditation, especially Eastern Meditation, is still very spiritual even if Westerners only look for the health benefits
Meditation is not just a fad but is an excellent tool for better health, stress reduction, and a better mental outlook. For those who are spiritual, it is also an immensely useful tool in becoming closer with God. Eastern as well as Western religions utilize it. In this blog, we will look at the most prominent types of meditation, their uses and the health benefits associated. We will also review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Certification.
Meditation as a spiritual tool is its oldest use. Meditation in the far East was used to become closer to God. Hinduism looks for reunification. The soul tries to reunify with Brahman. Through meditation, this reunification can occur sooner in life or lives. With this in mind, many of the techniques used for relaxation are focused on helping the mind escape the body.
In Christianity, meditation has a different use. Reunification with divinity is not the purpose but becoming closer to God. While it may appear the same there are fundamental differences in this. In the East, there is total union. There is no longer separation between beings but everything itself becomes being. In the West, the difference between Creator and creation is maintained. So union is quite different in these traditions.
Whichever religion one may be, spiritual meditation is a critical part of any faith. As a deeper form of prayer, it allows one to deeply communicate with the divine and become spiritually closer. This is essential in any religious and spiritual relationship. Individuals look to not only become better persons but also become closer with their God.
Since meditation has come to the West, many of the Eastern techniques have been utilized in secular settings. Christian Meditation has not become as secular, but only Eastern meditation. It is important to note this for individuals who wish to use Eastern meditation as a health option but also avoid any spiritual aspects that may contradict their faith. Caution is needed for these Christian Westerners who wish to meditation for health purposes.
Those not seeking any type of spiritual connection look for the mind and body benefits of meditation solely. Mindfulness Meditation is an Eastern use. It is very popular for executives and stressed individuals. This type of meditation looks to focus on all thoughts and words. This type of meditation has no judgement upon what thoughts enter. Another type of meditation is Transcendental Meditation. This meditation is more structured and scientifically studied. As the most popular form of meditation, it is used by those who are more serious about meditating. The structure is far more deep than mindfulness meditation. (1)
Other forms of meditation include mantra meditation where words are recited. Also focused meditation utilizes all five senses. Another type of meditation involves movement, such as yoga. Ultimately, all types of meditation were originally intended for spiritual ends but their health benefits can also be utilized.
Obviously the health benefits of meditation beyond the spiritual are multiple. Stress reduction is the biggest reason anyone utilizes meditation. From stressed parents to high end executives, individuals look to meditation to find relaxation and less stress. The results are more calm and less hormones from stress, such as cortisol, that can cause higher blood pressure and issues with the heart. In addition to this benefit, meditation also helps the immune system, reduces muscle aches, can ease inflammation, and help relax muscles for better movement. (2)
Meditation has numerous health benefits but primarily helps fight stress and stress related ailments
In addition to this, mentally meditation can help the mind with anxiety, depression, as well as other mental stresses. A calmer, clearer mind is beneficial for all health systems within the body. When meditation is combined with other alternative health practices, such as hypnotherapy or EFT, one can even see better results against other mental issues.
With so many benefits, many individuals are looking to learn how to meditate. They are individually practicing, or looking for groups to join. Meditation books, videos, and meditation classes are in larger demand. Individuals, as well as corporations are looking to train in meditation for the multitude of benefits. This is also true in the work place, where employers are even utilizing meditation instructors to train employees in mindfulness.
Certified Meditation Instructors are excellent candidates to help meet these needs. Meditation Instructors can offer classes, advice and training to firms, corporations, as well as individuals. They can offer small classes or large classes. Individuals with an interest in meditation and various backgrounds in healthcare, or education in healthcare and meditation are great candidates to become certified meditation instructors. Life coaches, trainers, nurses, massage therapists, spiritual gurus or those with education in the subject can all take advantage of the interest in meditation. They can then utilize their skills helping the general public benefit from the mental and physical aspects of meditation. Again, the biggest movement towards meditation is the secular crowd looking for mental and physical health benefits.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals offers a certification for Meditation Instructors. The Meditation Instructor Certification is an online, self paced program designed for working professionals. The program entails online courses that educate the individual in the basics of meditation. After completing the required meditation courses, the individual can then apply for a four year certification. The certification can be renewed every four years. During the four year spans, the meditation instructor must display five hundred hours of work within the field of meditation, as well as fifty hours of continuing education.
Learn how to become a certified Meditation Instructor. You can then help others learn the value of meditation in their daily lives
The courses again are online and self paced. After the completion of each course, one receives a certificate of completion. The American Institute of Health Care Professional has offered this certification for over Fifteen years and has successfully certified individuals throughout the country in many different career settings. If you are interested or would like to become a certified Meditation Instructor, then please review the Meditation Program and see if it meets your professional and academic goals.
In the meantime, meditation continues to become a growing field. Individuals from every aspect of private and professional life are utilizing its benefits. With such a growing marker, qualified professionals can offer their services and benefit in this business field.
Many men suffer from alcoholism and mental illness but find no help. This is partly due to attitudes towards men and how mental illness is approached. Men need as much help as women when it comes to mental issues and require the same help. Men just need to ask for it.
Many men do not seek the help they need to get well. Please also review our Substance Abuse Practitioner Program and see if it matches your goals
The article, “Why Many Men Have a Harder Time Seeking Treatment for Mental Illness” from Healthline states,
“I think part of it may be this macho thing,” Dr. Raymond Hobbs, a physician consultant at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, told Healthline. “A lot of guys don’t want to admit they have this problem. They still see depression as a sign of weakness.”
