In keeping with the self-care theme this week, I would like to bring your attention to a terrific Work/Life Balance Guide I received a link to a few days ago. From GroomandStyle.com, this guide to decreasing stress is just what nurses need! There are tons of ideas to work on and ways to gain control of your life and the situations that seem to drive you up the wall! Check them out and see if you can find a path to clearing out some of the major stress from your life. https://pixabay.com/en/balance-inspiration-motivation-life-865089/ It’s not rocket science and for nurses it’s not new. It’s about prioritizing, delegating and reviewing the success…
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Stay Away from Stomach Virus!
I hope that none of you end up with the terrible stomach virus spreading across the country. Most everyone I know who has had it says they have never been so sick. Well I remember a flu in the 1950’s that was worse, but this was one of the worst things I’ve had since then.Read recently that baseball teams at Spring Training have been ravaged by outbreaks. And many nursing and residential care facilities are under quarantine to protect visitors as well as other residents. The back pain is debilitating and comes from nowhere. The stomach pains are best handled crawling into a fetal position and staying there for a…