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Monday, May 19, 2014

Book Review: "American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964"



A Review and Reflection on
“American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964”
by William Manchester



“I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.”
      -Douglas MacArthur

VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. Volatility refers to the dynamism or the constant change while Uncertainty renders the lack of predictability. Complexity stresses entropy and chaos while Ambiguity argues diversity of literal and connotative meanings. A VUCA environment imposes an unparalleled or asymmetrical nature of global events and landscape.

Our world experiences this kind of environment for change in all aspects of our life is constant. Therefore, we are challenged to learn and possess innovative and flexible political will and cognitive skills. Our decisions should be adaptable in response to the uncertainty of occurring events. Though the way we address the arising complex problems, our solutions must be sophisticated or detailed yet easy to understand. We should constantly consider leadership, influence, natural phenomena, and resources as we enter in decision-making undertakings. Universally accepted values should never be compromised with the ever- changing and relative world. We need to be sensitive to the different cultural and lingual differences and to be respectful to the proper context.

These things should be inert in us. They should be applied beyond the pedagogical aspects in our schools and even in hospital settings; we must internalize on them or apply them in our lives. As a nurse leader, I think that serving as a mentor should be applied on the workplace, being a role model by doing my best and by doing my best I will imply that only the best is expected from my staff and of course providing it with freedom to question my methods so they can understand. By respecting on differences, I will give them the liberty to create their own way of working within the organization as long as they don’t hinder the rules of the organization.

Douglas MacArthur lived his life under a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment. Communication has not yet reached its utmost level of accuracy and fidelity. Laws that should balance government affairs, civil society, and private life are still budding. This kind of life which our contemporary society now enjoys has created a relatively disarray.

But through the positive aspects or character of Douglas MacArthur, he was able to thrive and succeed. He relied on the undeviating values that had been established already centuries ago.

We can internalize on the Caesar-like character of Douglas MacArthur. His life was not only part of history of World War II, West Point Texas Military Academy, American politics, and Korean War but his legacy flourished in our civilization. As a nurse leader, having a positive character like Douglas MacArthur is very important to keep my staff motivated for them to perform well. This includes in dealing with their performance, stress, burnout, punctuality, and other factors that affects them. Supporting and understanding them in a way that it would be beneficial for them and also for the organization.

Nursing Leadership

Our goal is to ensure the development of the organization where we work in, by improving the quality of care that our patients are receiving, which we can do by applying various useful leadership qualities and styles in nursing. Also by having patient satisfaction, encouraging our staff to empathize patients, knowing their needs, and providing quality health care for their well-being are our goals.
 
 
 
 

Friday, May 17, 2013

Free Screening by DOH Philippines - Cervical Awareness Month

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in both women and men which causes cervical cancer. According to World Health Organization (WHO), cervical cancer ranks as the second most common cancer affecting women worldwide with 500,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year. In the local setting, there is an estimated 12 filipino women die due to cervical cancer each day.



In honor of Cervical Awareness Month, the Department of Health Philippines will give a 
FREE screening for the whole month of may for women ages 21 and up.



Every WEDNESDAY for METRO MANILA
Every FRIDAY for LUZON
EVERY TUESDAY for VISAYAS
Every THURSDAY for MINDANAO

Kindly refer to the photo for the list of hospitals.

For more information, Kindly call: 6517800 locals 1751 & 1752

BABAE, MAHALAGA KA! MAGPA-SCREEN NA!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Love For Mental Health


                 


 The Quest

Since when I was a child, I always had a strong interest and deep curiosity with how the human brain works and I always wondered why some people acquire mental illness and why others don’t. I always had this feeling of sympathy to these people that I thought of a mission that one day I would give them the love and care that they deserve and with that goal in my mind I pursued Bachelor of Science in Nursing as my college degree here in the Philippines. Of all the clinical rotations I had in my duty days, I find myself more interested in patient teaching and creating a therapeutic relationship with the patients was more fulfilling to me and soon I realized that mental health nursing has not escaped from my heart through time. I really enjoyed my psych rotation as a nursing student wherein I had enhanced my active listening skills and critical thinking and made me believe in the whole "authentic presence" approach to interpersonal and therapeutic communication. It came to my realization that whenever I come across a patient as a person, rather than as a patient, they would easily open up and ease down the walls that they have built within them to hide their fear from stigma and endless discrimination. I then had the chance to sneak inside of their lives for just a moment and I believe that is the true essence of patient care. Psych Nursing allows me to understand and appreciate the person as a whole, not just a person with illness or disorder.


Why this field?

People with mental illness are the ones that had been forgotten by the society or like wanting to forget about and this reality is really sad. I want to take care of patients that no one else wants to care for, these patients deserve the right treatment without judging them. I want to inspire these kind of people. I want someone to look at me and say “because of you I didn’t give up”.

Lesson

In return, my patients taught me a lot about life, that we are all the same, that we will end up on the same road no matter how life treats us.

Mission

Let’s all raise mental health awareness. Being mentally healthy is more important than being physically healthy. You couldn’t get into the motion if your mind won’t let you. Your mind affects how you think, how you move, and most importantly how you live.

Let’s end stigma, these people doesn’t deserve humiliation from the society rather they deserve love and affection from people who believes in them and from people who they believe will help them start again.

Personal Mission

I would like to leave a legacy in this profession wherein I can give a positive impact on the professional development of nursing in this special area which is mental health and could change people’s lives dealing with mental illness by helping them and believing in them that they could overcome their illnesses and can start a new life again. I also started this blog site as my way to express my love for mental health and personal development.

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About: This blog post is dedicated to American Psychological Association’s Mental Health Blog Day Event. This blog tends to give importance to people with mental illness and raise the mental health awareness in the society.

Friday, May 3, 2013

Mental Health Month Blog Event


The American Psychological Association (APA) will be hosting a blog event for the fourth time on 
May 15, 2013 to celebrate the Mental Health Month.

     What are the goals of this Event?
  1. Raise Mental Health Awareness
  2. Educate the society regarding the importance of being mentally healthy
  3. End and overcome stigma
  4. Transform discrimination to fairness and justice                                                              
      Bloggers are all welcome to participate and share their insights, opinions, and experiences regarding mental health. They are also welcome to share their ideas about prevention of mental disorders. 

Check out www.yourmindyourbody.org to know how you could participate in this event. The American Psychological Association (APA) will grant you a special badge that you could put on your profile/blog as a symbol of participation to this great event.

                                                                          I'm Blogging for Mental Health.


You wouldn't know how many people can be enlightened in this event. Your published article in raising mental health awareness goes a long way and certainly goes through the hearts of those who were merely forgotten by the society. So, I hope you could all participate on May 15, 2013! Save the date and promote this transcendent event. Cheers! 

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Vital Wonders of Lavender Oil


Do you know why many people call Lavender Essential Oil as the “Universal Oil”? Lavender is commonly grown in the Mediterranean. French people derived its name from the word laver which means “wash”. Lavender oil is concentrately extracted from the flowers of a Lavender plant (Lavandula angustifolia) by the method of steam distillation making it more potent than the plant itself. It is commonly known by many people as an essential oil because of its long medicinal properties, and  often used in aromatherapy for its many beneficial use.

Lavender oil is known for reducing tiredness or stress, relieving tension, and lessening a person’s feeling of anxiety and depression. When it comes to skin disorders, Lavender has anti inflammatory and anti fungal properties which really can help in reducing skin infections naturally. Lavender oil offers different forms of solutions to these kinds of dilemmas:



1. Lavender oil can be used by applying it into a handkerchief or a tissue and placed it near you while you work or sleep. Lavender aromatherapy may lessen the activity of the nervous system, thus allowing you to have a better sleep and obtain greater quality relaxation. 

2. Lavender oil can also be used while you are taking a bath if you are experiencing joint and muscle pain; it is usually preferred that you keep the water running. Unlike many essential oils, lavender oil can be used directly into our skin, so it will not cause irritation at all. When you bathe in the water where the lavender oil was added, you get the chance of letting your skin absorbs the lavender oil, good for treating eczema, acne and skin infections. Moreover, its also known in having the capabilities in healing cuts, wounds, and injuries.

3. Another useful way of using lavender oil is to place it in an oil burner and allow the heat to gently pass the fragrance into the surrounding, allowing you to inhale in the relaxing aromas and the medicinal compounds which are present in the lavender oil. 

4. One important use of lavender oil that many people know is it ability to heal burns. Lavender oil gives us many ways and many benefits when it comes to healing and soothing burns, and if application is done as soon as possible, it can take away pain and assist in healing. Having an advice from your doctors, it is proper to state that you should not try treating a heavy and serious burn, especially on children with anything except for water. 

The history behind the discovery of this wonderful oil as a treatment for burns is an popular question for many people. In 1910, Rene Maurice Gattefosse; a French chemist and perfumer, burned his hand while working inside his laboratory. The only oil that was near him was the lavender oil, so without doubting, he let his hand plunged directly into the oil. Much to his surprise, his hand was healed quickly and the pain was eased immediately.

Lavender may earned its name because of it's medicinal properties, but it can not take place of correct medical burn treatment when it is necessary.  Lavender is safe for every age because of its natural properties. You can find lavender oil in your local aromatherapy or medical supply store.




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Dealing With Incivility In The Clinical Setting




Whether or not you realize it, bullying or incivility is everywhere. Including the workplace. No matter where you work, there is going to be that one individual that is very eager to see you fail. Their aim is to undermine and intimidate anyone who may be weaker than them. 

While senior or long employed nurses don't command newly hired nurses to do consequences, but they usually involve themselves in aggravating behaviours and irritating actions to observe how long these new nurses can stand into the unit. Harsh situations are already happening in nursing areas, this involves the failure to have uninterrupted meals or restroom breaks, they have no time to set some personal appointments. Due to fear of punishment, depressed and bullied nurses tend not to verbalize disappointment and grievance to nursing administration. The continuous shortage of nurses does not allow for the costly loss of nursing staff due to undesirable disrespect and incivility in the workplace. We all know that nursing management is very distressing, with safety of the patient and maximum care at the focus of decision making when observing and managing staff and staff interactions and cooperation. Nurse managers and staff nurses must become aware of incivility does not only affects nursing satisfaction, but also ultimately putting the patient safety at risk. I think that nurses who are experiencing bullying or incivility are hesitant to ask for help or ask questions resulting to increased possibility of errors in patient care. The nurse leader's sole responsibility is acquiring information and understanding knowledge regarding the common types of nurse bullying behaviors and the roots for these behaviours. Additionally, the awareness and understanding of nursing administration cause intolerance for negative treatment among peer groups and support for staff willing to speak against bullying or hazing. Zero tolerance of horizontal hostility in nursing is advantageous to the whole nursing system, moving towards improved staff satisfaction and morale and resulting in decreased nurse turnover rates. 

The journey of nursing towards reaching a goal of respect as a profession among members and other disciplines is lessened by horizontal hostility or simply incivility, nurse managers and nurses must undertake a new period of improvement. Nurses are caring, magnanimous individuals with the capability to think critically and make changes for the improvement of the profession and the safety of the patient. 

I also believe that nurses need to bring back the voice that was taken from them and speak their truth that the hid for a long time for the fear of penalty. It’s one of the nurse’s most powerful tool. In this kind of environment, it wouldn't seem like conflict and contest would be the solution to better nurse relations. I believe that it is all about breaking the code of silence. It guides her to define and say what she’s undergoing and the depression she is allowing, explain why it disturbs her, tell what she likes to change and alter and make it clear what the consequences are if she doesn't.  The backstabbing and hateful talk stops if nurses speak their side and go to the main root of the problem.

Assertiveness really guides us nurses to be more professional and that’s what we really are, professionals. Remember that you were not born to be bullied. You don’t deserve it. No one does. Don't blame yourself for the other person’s attitude towards you. In fact, this person may feel vulnerable or terrified by you, and may feel the need to drag you down.