Thursday 25 October 2018


Yoga Nurse
Yoga Nurse aims to uplift nurses through self-care practices, such as yoga. Founder, Annette, hopes to change the nursing culture by changing the nursing consciousness. Her instructions on her blog can benefit nurses, patients, caregivers, and other medical professionals. What is Yoga Nursing? Yoga Nursing® is a new brand, trend & movement in health care, nursing and yoga, holistic RN, stress relief, back safety expert and medical yoga therapist. Yoga Nursing unites the ancient wisdom of yoga with the modern science of nursing. Its mission is to train and create a global army of modern nightingales, yoga nurses, who will learn and teach the Yoga Nursing Sacred Remedy— in order to enlighten the ailing health care system and relieve stress, anxiety, pain and suffering for both nurses and their patients. The physical and mental health benefits of practicing yoga are well-documented. One recent study focused on the benefits of yoga for nurses.

In fact, nurses who practice and teach yoga would be the first to tout its benefits for their peers and encourage them to join the ranks of people practicing yoga. As nurses and teachers, practicing yoga has become an integral part of their lives. As a nurse, I know chronic stress is widespread in and out of health care,” said Certified Yoga Nurse.

“Practicing and sharing yoga is an exercise in self-awareness or self-assessment.”

A Kentucky Nurses Association member, Churchill believes, Awareness allows me to detect stress, anxiety, and pain early on. When I apply my yoga self-care tools, I feel more relaxed, calm, and comfortable.
Chicago-based Toni Scott, MSN, RN, founder of Yoga tones, agreed. “I actually stumbled upon yoga when I first moved to Chicago and recognized how unhealthy I had become,” she explained. After the first class, I knew that I had to go back. The first benefit I got from yoga was becoming more self-aware.
Besides yoga’s benefits to them personally, these nurses are motivated to help others discover how https://holistic.nursingconference.com/abstract-submission.phpyoga might improve their lives. Facilitating students’ growth also helps the teacher to grow, according to Stewart. “Teaching has become one of the greatest joys of my life,” she said, “and it keeps me on my toes with my own practice.” In particular, teaching gentle yoga to students primarily in their 50s to 80s has helped her learn more about how people can develop a meaningful practice despite their physical challenges.

Friday 5 October 2018


A nurse is what you do. It is what you are……………
Nursing is continuously will be a inspiring and challenging profession. Nurses hold people's lives in their hands and to continue to be great nurses, we must always strive to recover the excellence of care we provide. That isn't easy if we don't have proper feedback, and the information necessary to help us improve. Response is vital to helping nurses thrive and grow in their roles.  In today's healthcare environment we meet many challenges every day that perhaps didn't exist even a few months ago. One major goal no matter what your niche is to reduce costs while maintaining quality. The challenge then becomes how to work smarter and not harder because reducing costs can also translate to cutting staff.  That works only if you have the buy-in of everyone, and the information to help staff understands what and why. In home health and hospice, for example, Medicare drives the ship and regs change frequently. If we don't help staff understand the purpose and the effects of those changes, we don't get the buy-in we need to be successful. Hospitals have gone through many changes in the past few years as well.

The key element is meeting reimbursement and providing quality care, Schedule flexibility, work-life balance and engaging in regular self-care activities are some of the most important issues of today’s nurse. When considering which nursing career pathway to pursue, one should decide what is most important to them regarding these issues. Full-time staff nurse positions are usually less flexible in scheduling, but offer stability related to income, benefits and paid time off. Agency nursing can be very flexible in scheduling; however they do not offer reimbursements or remunerated time off. There is a lot to reflect. So to help you navigate both staff nursing positions and agency nursing positions, we’ve created this easy list of pros and cons:
STAFF NURSING PROS:
·         Stable Income
·         PTO & Benefits
·         Build Rapport with Colleagues
·         Comprehensive Orientation with Mentor/Preceptor
·         Facility Provided Continuing Education
·         Quickly Adjust to Facility Policy and Protocol
AGENCY NURSING PROS:
·         Higher Pay per hour
·         Schedule Flexibility
·         Ability to Travel to New Places
·         Meet New People
·         Learn more about Nursing
·         Gain Additional Experiences
STAFF NURSING CONS:
·         Less Flexible Scheduling
·         Increased Work-Duty Demands from Facility Management
·         Less Pay per hour
·         Inability to Take Vacation When You Want
AGENCY NURSING CONS:
·         Hours Not Guaranteed
·         No PTO & Benefits
·         Limited to No Orientation
·         Hours Depend on Patient Census
·         Limited Facility Access/Restricted Access
·         No Facility Provided Continuing Education
·         Possibility of Being Away from Family and Friends During Contracts


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