Patient or nurse, no one chooses to be in the hospital over the holidays—but sometimes it can’t be helped. If you’d like to help cheer up your patients but aren’t sure how, we’ve rounded up eight ideas to help you perk them up over the holidays. And don’t be surprised if these acts of kindness make you feel better as well. Helping others release neurotransmitters can contribute to positive feelings, so put on those holiday scrubs and get in the spirit of the season! Try to keep a positive attitude. Yes, it sucks to work on a holiday, especially when everyone else you know is at home with family…
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Supporting Nursing Moms at Work: How These 9 Medical Centers Answered the Call
Supporting Nursing Moms at Work: How These Nine Medical Centers Answered the Call By Deborah Swanson Spring 2018 An interesting juxtaposition has emerged in the last 50 or so years: most major health organizations agreed that breast milk is the best source of nutrition for infants, and at the same time, more moms invested in their careers than ever before (almost 70 percent of mothers were in the workforce in 2015, compared with just 47 percent in 1975). Integrating breastfeeding into a full-time workday is a major challenge for new mothers, and studies show that workplace barriers contribute to low rates of breastfeeding. To address this, in 2010, the United…