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Treating Burnout, Trauma, and Grief with Dance

Minority Nurse

What I realized when I cared for my sister was the gift that comes from having one-on-one intimate moments with another human being—to bathe her, feed her, and help be her voice,” says Rynders. It felt like I had both my joy and my grief coupled together in all that I did.” And in 2017, nurses weren ’ t ready to talk about it openly.

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Mindset is Everything in Your Nursing Career and Beyond

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

I've engaged in coaching with clients who struggle with mental illness; those overcoming grief and tragic loss; individuals with disabled spouses or children; and still others who shoulder personal or familial burdens that might break the spirit of others less determined and spiritually hearty.

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Nurses, Nursing, and the Nature of Suffering

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Suffering is also witnessed by so many of us when we turn on the evening news, listen to the radio, or scroll through a news app on our phone or our Facebook feed. Nurses too live with debt, personal tragedy, and grief and loss -- we also strive to create the best lives we possibly can for ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

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” The 61 million people globally, who are in serious health related suffering as estimated by the Lance commission of 2017, are preferably unheard. So, though the Lands Commission brought up the phrase, serious health related suffering only in 2017, I realized that’s what we were treating. They don’t matter.