Making 2019 The Year of Civility in Healthcare: The Performance Improvement Plan

March 12, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Developing a Performance Improvement Plan is the last thing a person in leadership wants to do. Typically it is the capstone on a fifteen to eighteen-month effort to appeal to someone to choose a better way of conducting themselves at work. Let’s go through the checklist of documentation and interventions that should be captured in […]

Making 2019 The Year of Civility in Healthcare: Documentation of Bullying and Chronically Uncivil Behavior

March 4, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

At some point in our nursing career, we were all trained in the cycle of abusive behavior. Whether the topic was domestic violence, elder or child abuse, the cycle was the same. There would be an event followed by a period of expressed remorse and promises of reform. The abuser’s behavior would be […]

Learning to Set & Maintain Boundaries: Step 3 in the Breaking into The Self-Care Mindset Series for Professional and Family Caregivers A GUEST POST BY AMANDA GHOSH

February 23, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

Hello and welcome back to the “Breaking into The Self-Care Mindset” Series for Professional and Family Caregivers! Today we are going to talk about boundaries. Everyone needs boundaries. They are the invisible barrier between you and your world. They protect your feelings, sense of self, and peace of mind. They help you to interact with […]

The Benefits of Having A Professional Coach

February 18, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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Caring Is A Delicate Balance: Let’s Talk About Advanced Illness Management. I Invite You to Subscribe to My YouTube Channel

February 12, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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Making 2019 The Year of Civility in Healthcare: Understanding the Difference Between the Bully and the Chronically Uncivil Employee by Phyllis

February 12, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

It is widely accepted that knowledge is power. Therefore, I think it is best to start by raising our awareness into the nature of a bully. I submit that the behavior we label as bullying is actually the mentality and noxious temperament of a narcissist in action. We can all benefit from a closer examination […]

Overcoming Respite Care Guilt A Guest Post by Christian Worstell

February 7, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Follow these 7 tips if you’re a caretaker suffering from respite care guilt. If you have children of your own, you may remember the first time you left them in the care of another. Or their first day of school. Or the day they left home for good. As difficult as it was, you knew […]