Author: Caroline Ortiz
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Beating the Burnout: Are You Feeling Dissatisfied With Your Nursing Career?
Categories: Research & ArticlesNurses are a vital part of the healthcare system, and their work is critical to the health and well-being of patients. However, many nurses are overworked and underappreciated, which can quickly lead to burnout and dissatisfaction in the workplace. Some nurses may also feel their ability to fully care for their patients and positively affect…
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How Holistic Nursing Benefits Your Patients and You
Categories: Research & ArticlesThe healing process is more complex than the modern medical industry would have you believe, with an array of mind-body-spirit interactions impacting patients’ ability to heal from injuries and illnesses. Holistic nurses address the oft-forgotten mental and spiritual aspects of healthcare, thereby promoting long-term wellness as well as short-term relief. The focus is on the…
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Common Misconceptions About Online Nursing Degrees
Categories: Research & ArticlesOnline learning is becoming an increasingly popular solution across all industries and fields of study, including nursing, and PCOM is proud to offer a partially-online RN-to-BSN program for busy students working within the field. Unfortunately, a number of misconceptions still surround online nursing schools, which critics claim are not as challenging or valuable as traditional…
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Holistic Nursing: Fulfilling the Nurse as Well as the Patient
Categories: Research & ArticlesThe American Holistic Nurses Association describes holistic nursing as a practice that “requires nurses to integrate self-care, self-responsibility, spirituality, and reflection in their lives. This may lead the nurse to greater awareness of the interconnectedness with self, others, nature, and spirit.” Incorporating a full circle approach to healthcare that involves the mind and spirit as…
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Holistic Nursing Tips for Coping with Stress in the Workplace
Categories: Research & ArticlesMany of us experience some degree of stress in the workplace, but ironically, nurses (who help treat patients suffering from stress related illnesses) are experiencing stress at a much higher rate than most other groups, according to a study conducted by the American Nurses Association. In the study, 70.5% of nurses cited the effects of…
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Holistic Nursing: More Opportunities to Heal
Categories: Research & ArticlesFlorence Nightingale was born nearly two hundred years ago, and her nursing insights are still in use today. In addition to her contribution of “environmental nursing”, in which she drove significant hygienic reform in hospitals, Nightingale was ahead of her time in her connection of the mind and body. One of the founders of what’s…
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Holistic Nursing: The Bridge Between East and West
Categories: Research & Articles2011 was an excellent year for complementary and alternative medicine. As the recent American Hospital Association survey points out, alternative and holistic therapies are on the rise across the United States, increasingly being offered in hospitals and growing in recognition from insurance companies. This increase in CAM services at hospitals is a response to patient…