Self-care has long been of concern to helping professionals at risk for burnout or vicarious traumatization. In this paper we argue that the need for self-care is broader than preventing these outcomes. Instead, it requires consideration of the whole person and mindful attention and intentional ...
A lot has been written on the topic of self-care, so much so that it may seem almost trite to talk about it.
Fall is in full swing and social calendars are filling up, which sometimes warrants a reminder to pause and evaluate how well we’ve been taking care of ourselves. School is back in session, the holidays are just around the corner, many jobs are going back to some combination of hybrid or...
Self-care from the perspective of people living with diabetes. This review presents findings from a critical integrative review of research into barriers to and facilitators of self-care from the perspective of people ... SM Spenceley,BA Williams - The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue...
Once you start looking at healthcare processes, it becomes clear that there are many opportunities for applying lean Six Sigma principles to make improvements.
It’s easy to want to dismiss self-care as giving up or giving too little. But it might actually be a type of resistance. Brianna Wiest also has something vital to say here, “Self-care is often a very unbeautiful thing. It is making a spreadsheet of your debt and enforcing a morning...
Commandment #4: Good Code Doesn’t Reinvent the Wheel, It Stands on the Shoulders of Giants Before potentially reinventing a wheel, think about how common the problem is you’re trying to solve or the function is you’re trying to perform. Somebody may have already implemented a solution you...
Dangerous Liaisonsis an epistolary novel, and like probably everyone else, my mind leapt to other epistolary novels that I have read. But I’m going to start with a book that is not a novel at all: instead it is a collection of letters inJust Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and...
We know that lean principles can be successfully applied to the delivery of healthcare. Although healthcare differs in many ways from manufacturing, there are also significant similarities. Patient care professionals must rely on multiple, complex processes to accomplish their tasks and provide value ...
Blobs represent the seasons of life, thoughtfully divided into six-year stages to encourage reflection and self-discovery. While life's milestones and transitions rarely follow exact timelines, this framework serves as a guide to understanding common pat