How to Get Your Nurses to Be Nicer to You

B'SD



2 Adar 5770


You're sick. You're scared. And you're in a LOT of pain. You want nursing care with Tender Loving Care. TLC can be hard to get. But it is possible.

Realize first that nurses have a workload to make mere mortals stagger under the physical, emotional and professional pressures. Patients and colleagues owe them respect but don't necessarily deliver it.

As to how nice nurses need to be, I've highlighted what nurses owe to patients at Why Doctors, and Other People, Should Listen to YOU.

I've tried to garner support for a brave Texas nurse (and her like-minded colleagues) on Twitter and at Are Texas Prosecutors OUT OF THEIR MINDS????????????? (she has been vindicated thank G'D).

See the problems of the nursing profession, now?

There's another built-in problem here. Patients are not only physically needy, they can be emotionally draining, too. Not every nurse has that extra nice service to give as he/she lifts heavy loads, delivers painful treatments, logs lots of hours by writing in medical records to prove how care was provided to each and every patient, and contends with picky - sometimes heartless - bosses.

Plus, each nurse faces heartache when patients don't do well or suffer excruciating pain. Nurses are not machines. They're people with all the ups and downs you have, too. Lives depend on them. Careers do, too. Nursing is one very stressful job (and terribly underpaid!).

As to that between-the-lines concern about too-nice nurses being vulnerable to emotional/professional abuse, I've explained the 2-way patient-nurse relationship plus how to effectively and fairly communicate with medical professionals in It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry If I Need To: EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

Some personalities allow nurses to extend that extra measure of kindness. Some nurses simply focus on competence and respectful behavior. A person does their best based on their strengths and increasing awareness.

Whew, that's one BIG lesson

I''ve shared with you, today.

One more thought to go:

Want to learn how to communicate more effectively with your nurses, have them be nicer to you, and get the best care possible from them? Read relevant advice in

Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Here's a Way to TAP into YOUR Potential!

B'SD

2 Adar 5770


Sorry for the late posting. I filmed my newest video today. That took travel & performance time. Once we've edited out my "Um"s and "Hmm"s I'll post it here.

Okay, on to Tapping into YOUR Potential. I knew I had an important choice to make when I faced death by a benign brain tumor literally crushing all my nerves. I had to invent a way to remain alive, thriving and healthier as time went by.

I burned my Bridge of Fear and forged ahead. Thank GOD I succeeded (HE gets most of the credit ;^ )

Want to burn YOUR bridges and cope with a challenge? Watch this video by Charlie Harrary.




EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Why Doctors, and Other People, Should Listen to YOU

B'SD

30 Shvat 5770


You'll get an eyeful when you read a doctor's heartfelt message at Listen to the Patient.

I responded to the blogpost with the following remark:

"It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry If I Need To: EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge has an entire section entitled 'Listen to the Person Before You. Lessons for Caregivers.' You're the sort of person who'd appreciate it."

Readers, YOU or someone you love are the patient. You need and deserve respect, appropriate medical care and maybe even practical assistance with activities of daily life. Learn a wonderful, easy lesson about how to get all that from doctors, nurses, aides and relatives when you buy your copy of






Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Love in the Time of Brain Tumors

B'SD

28 Shvat 5770

Readers, Please click on Love in the Time of Brain Tumors to read a sweet, true story.

Now on to my next topic:

I've written before about the
cluelessness and inappropriate
judgmentalness of people who
fail to compassionately consider
the physiological realities of
brain tumor survivors.

For us, the contempt and neglect is agonizing.

Please do what you can to help the world at large. Sign the online petition for a US postage stamp called Brain Tumor Awareness aka "Stamp Out Brain Tumors."

Cry if you need to. And learn to dry your tears. THAT can help you to EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

Yocheved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Need a Healthy Liver?

B'SD

Here's another exciting mid-day update this week!

If you've read my books you know that in 2005 and 2008 I was exposed to many chemicals during surgery and from follow-up medications. And you know what I did to counteract their negative effects.

Let's fast-forward
a few years to the future.

We'll stop at today for a bit ;^ )

These past few weeks I've been going through my annual battery of medical exams to monitor my ever-improving sight and overall health (they seemed to be going dangerously downhill before I made significant changes in my lifestyle). I've been reaching my appointments for weeks, and smiling brightly to all the medical professionals scurrying about me. I know the drill and perform my tasks with lots of past practice.

I'm delighted to take these tests because

I know what we'll learn from them.

Here's some great news: Today my family doctor informed me that my liver is unusually healthy.

"The alkaline-phosphatase levels keep going down each time we test your blood. You've now reached normal levels. HOW are you doing this?" the surprised doctor exclaimed. His confusion stemmed from additional reports about my exceptional bone, neurological and overall health. And that's after my harrowing life-or-death emergency experiences.


I told him about what I do. He was fascinated and kept talking to me as other patients waited their turns.

Do YOU Need to know how to make your liver healthier? How about your eyes? Blood? Other parts of your health picture? Ya gotta read EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

Yocheved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Find Facts FAST for Dealing with Medical Diagnoses

B'SD


26 Shvat 5770




Frightened?

You've been told about a serious, maybe life-threatening medical problem. Yours, or that of someone you love. FEAR is holding you in an icy grip. So many questions are racing in your head. It's hard to think straight. You need information and insight in order to figure out what you should do next.


Clueless?

You're willing to face reality but you don't now how to meet your needs or those of a loved one. What to do? Whom to ask? How will you even know which questions to ask? Brimming with optimism and behaving calmly even if you feel panicked, you know you need to learn how to finesse the mess of details, conflicting schedules, and how to get the things you need.


Uninformed?

The goods news is that this can be only a temporary situation.

Calm down with a book that soothes everyone
from homemakers to psychotherapists.

Learn What you need to do,
When, How, and Why.
Then take action
based on what you know.

Take comfort in the gentle coaching that teaches you how to EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. You'll become your own best advocate for quality medical care. Or help someone who needs that skill and information.




Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Are Texas Prosecutors OUT OF THEIR MINDS?????????????

B'SD

URGENT UPDATE: “To me, this is completely over the top,” said Louis A. Clark, president of the Government Accountability Project, a group that promotes the defense of whistle-blowers. “It seems really, really unique.”

For goodness' sakes, my motto is "Coping with a Medical Crisis? Make the Changes You Need in Your Life."

Readers, I am SPEECHLESS at this monstrous turn of events. If you live in Texas, or anywhere, I hope you'll pray for justice in this case:

Texas Nurse to Stand Trial for Reporting Doctor - NYTimes.com
www.nytimes.com

It occurred to Anne Mitchell as she was writing the letter that she might lose her job, which is why she chose not to sign it. But it was beyond her conception that she would be indicted and threatened with 10 years in prison for doing what she knew a nurse must: inform state regulators that a doct...

That nurse is heroic!

Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life