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R Davidhizar

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When your patients lose their hair.

1. Hair loss, even when it occurs gradually, is usually accompanied by psychologic discomfort. For some chemotherapy patients, the prospect of hair loss is viewed with more dread than any of the other physical discomforts that accompany chemotherapy. 2. The pattern and extent of hair loss cannot be accurately predicted for a given patient. Chemotherapy causes alopecia by damaging hair stem cells and hair follicles making the hair brittle and causing scalp hair to break off or fall out. 3. Education and support of the patient is highly significant in helping the patient adjust to hair loss. Nurses can inform the patient in advance of anticipated hair loss, suggest techniques for coping with hair loss, and encourage alternate methods of expressing sexuality.

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Preparing a nursing department for downshifting.

1. Downshifting is a movement away from intense job attention and a focus toward the family. Many individuals in all parts of America are shifting their focus away from materialism and financial prosperity, and toward a simpler lifestyle and homelier values. This increasing focus on family--rather than career--can also be seen in nursing. 2. Motivation to downshift because of decreasing interest in career is less likely when the employee is a nurse. However, rising emphasis on the hazards of latchkey children and the need for quality parenting have increased nurses' concerns about the effect of being out of the home for extended periods. 3. With today's nursing shortage, personnel policies must be responsive to the priorities of the prospective job applicant. To be desirable, an employer must appear responsive to personal needs. The national trend to make positions more compatible with home responsibilities must be incorporated in personnel strategies if nurses are to remain in nursing positions and be satisfied.

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When the manager shares work responsibility.

Delegation can be an effective tool for the OR manager in completing work activities in a more timely manner. A manager with skill in delegation can make the work environment a more positive and enjoyable place in which to work, while at the same time increasing productivity.

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When your patient is a nurse.

While stereotypes exist about patients who are nurses, it is very important that nurses who are patients be treated with respect, concern, and in need of professional nursing care, just as any patient should be. Just because a patient happens to be a nurse does not mean care should be given any differently.

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When nurses cry.

During a typical work day, nurses encounter situations of grief, death, and crisis that increase vulnerability to crying. Because of the social and cultural bias against crying, nurses may try to control crying and may feel uncomfortable and embarrassed if unable to do so. Nursing has moved toward a more people-oriented approach, and there is more openness toward expressing feelings. However, nurses are still expected to remain in control of their emotions. Crying may have a profound therapeutic effect in helping persons deal with overwhelming emotions. In selective situations, showing genuine emotion can be a meaningful way to provide emotional support.

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When one group member "knows it all".

One of the most difficult aspects of leading a discussion and trying to facilitate group problem solving is restraining domineering group members. A group leader who cannot control aggressive, talkative individuals will soon have a group where members are not only angry and frustrated, but also who will make excuses to be excluded or who will leave the group.

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When the OR nurse is discouraged.

1. Though not often associated with OR staff, discouragement (defined as a lack of confidence) is occasionally experienced by OR nurses. 2. Factors that contribute to feelings of discouragement include environmental stressors, personality characteristics, and physical and emotional status. 3. Methods to decrease feelings of discouragement include identifying sources of discouragement, communicating concerns through appropriate channels, sharing feelings with trusted others, increasing knowledge in areas of ignorance, and focusing on positive aspects of the job.

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When the OR manager is task focused rather than people focused.

Being an effective manager requires a delicate balance of "task focused" and "people focused" managerial actions. Even when the manager has a reason to be focused on tasks, employees should be unlikely to find lack of "people focus." Morale, creativity, and initiative will decrease on the unit, the manager's power and authority may be usurped, and the manager may feel lonely and unsupported by staff. This lack of support for the manager also may be demonstrated in written evaluations or by the employees going to the manager's superior to complain.

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Enjoying your work.

This article discusses eight strategies nurses can use to make the most out of work situations emotionally and to bring out the enjoyable in their work. The author stresses that enjoying your work can be an important aspect of unleashing energy and creativity and advises against separating work and fun for a healthy integration makes for a more healthy life.

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Recognizing abuse.

After years as a taboo topic, abuse has come "out of the closet" and is being talked about openly in society. Yet, while abuse in the workplace is being confronted, abuse within families still often goes unrecognized by outsiders, including by nurses. Failure of nurses to recognize abuse is unfortunate since frequently they are the first point of contact with the victim of abuse in the emergency room, clinic and home. Understanding and insight into the problem of family violence by nurses is critical in addressing this problem. Knowledge is crucial in planning strategies that will have the long-lasting effect of decreasing the cycle of abuse in families.

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When the operating room has a multicultural team.

Working with a culturally diverse team can be enlightening but challenging. Healthy interpersonal relationships are essential in a culturally diverse OR team. Communication, understanding, and tolerance are crucial for all members of the team.

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Model for cultural diversity in the radiology department.

This article describes a model used in the nursing profession to promote an understanding of cultural diversity among employees and patients of health care facilities. The model addresses six factors important in cultural expression: communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control and biological variations. Managers in radiology departments can use the model as the basis for an educational in-service for employees and to build diverse, yet cohesive, work teams. The model also can be used as the basis for further scientific investigation into cultural diversity in diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy.

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Community-based nursing education: a five-stage process.

Confronted with changing healthcare systems, nursing educators must now visualize nursing and nursing education from a different perspective. Students must be prepared to meet the needs of populations rather than institutions and form new partnerships in the community if they are to be prepared for health care in the next century. This makes communication between academia and community clinical settings essential. It is by restructuring nursing education that graduates will be prepared to function in the 21st century. Nursing faculty believe the community clinical experiences contribute to the preparation of baccalaureate nursing students for anticipated healthcare reform. The creative key to successful clinical experience is collaboration of learning strategies and experience that empowers students to expand and discover new paradigms and therefore elevate the profession.

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Imaging patients with chronic disabilities.

For some patients, a chronic disability occurs suddenly, such as when it is the result of an accident or a stroke. For others, the development of a disability is a gradual process, the result of a disease process such as multiple sclerosis or Alzheimer's disease. Regardless of whether a person becomes disabled slowly or gradually, a variety of psychological dynamics are involved. Because a loss has occurred, all disabled patients experience grief and go through denial, depression and the struggle for reintegration. It is essential that the radiology staff carefully assess each patient's feelings and encourage him or her to take control of life. Disabled people do not need to remain in the grieving stage forever. They can learn to adjust and adapt, and the radiologic technologist can help by providing support and encouragement. If the technologist knows what to expect and understands how to react, even the briefest encounter in the radiology department can have a positive effect on the patient's adjustment.

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