Human Connection
Welcome to the INA Human Connection - our forum with information and ideas to help you to choose and develop a balanced lifestyle and to take steps that will increase career satisfaction, while contributing to your own personal health and well-being. Caring for oneself first as a human being is how a “professional nurse” is born. Your input and ideas for this section are welcome! Please send information, questions, comments, etc. to Marie Hawkins, Human Connection Editor/Facilitator, at hawkins.marie@gmail.com.
HUMAN CONNNECTION - The Journey into the Unknown is Beginning
It is nineteen ninety-eight. An eager and enthusiastic nursing student quietly sits during a morning nursing report. The fledgling devours every nugget spoken by the professional nursing staff. The calm is suddenly shattered when the door to the report room bursts open and a wild-eyed, red-faced individual hurls an unidentified object from across the room, all the while spewing, “I hate this [expletive] job.” A barrage of verbs that would make the most seasoned sailor blush ensued. Stunned and mortified by such a horrific display of unprofessional behavior, the student turns to a nurse sitting close by and in wide-eyed wonderment asks, “How could a professional nurse act like that?”. . . . [more]
Suggested Reading
The Importance of Finding "Me Time"
Alison Darrow
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
Henry Cloud, John Townsend
This read offers information about “when to say yes and when to say no” and how to take control of your life. Many people fear saying “no” to situations they would rather not do. Fear of rejection, hurt feeling and setting limits are definitely people pleasing behaviors that will leave you feeling insecure, inadequate and often leads to losing yourself in the process. Boundaries are personal property lines that define who you are and who you are not, and influence all areas of your life.
Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Rest of Your Life
Richard J. Leider, David A. Shapiro
"Repacking Your Bags takes you on an enlightening journey-providing a unique opportunity to set down the burdens you're caring, check them out to see if they're really making you happy, and discover new ways to lighten your load". –Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline
An excellent book that allows you to recognize how you lost yourself in living for things, work, and caustic relationships
Resources
American Holistic Nurses Association - Holistic Stress Management for Nurses
Stress Exercises
All Anesthesia - Coalition for the prevention of substance abuse in anesthesia
This information is vital for any nurse who finds themselves in the throws of substance misuse. The information is free, and it is very helpful in recognizing the disease of addiction and how to find the help needed to gain successful recovery for life. Addiction can happen to anyone and nursing is no exception. You do not have to be working in a surgical setting for addiction to take place, however, this site has the best information and guide to recovery.
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