I hope that this note finds you well, enjoying life and living it fully.
In the past, I've written about compassion
and how we can learn to foster and maintain it in nursing.
I've just edited this piece and have posted it on my site. Have a look and, please, let me know whether what I have to offer here are tools that you can envision yourself using. If not, what do you need? How can I address this important issue in a way that works for you? Enjoy!
COMPASSION ISN'T OUTSIDE OF YOU
Compassion isn't something foreign to our minds and our hearts. It isn't something "out there" that we have to get or acquire. And, it isn't something that we need to learn (although we may need to remember it at times).
Granted,
there are times when we feel that to find even the smallest compassionate impulse for certain patients requires of us the most Herculean effort. There are also times when, either due to the amount of stress that we're experiencing, or the number of patients we're dealing with, it doesn't feel like there's "...enough to go around." In those instances, what can we do?
NO SUCH THING AS COMPASSION FATIGUE?
While I've shared my views on compassion fatigue (or a lack of it) on this site as well as on sites like LinkedIn and What Meditation Really Is, I'm not going into that here. Even if you do experience what you would term "compassion fatigue," that's not a place where you want to be, is it! Of course not! So, how do you maintain your compassionate presence while dealing with the challenges of providing care at the
bedside?
FIVE INSTANT WAYS TO GENERATE COMPASSION
What serves us best at the bedside to bring our most compassionate self to our patients are tools and techniques that we can use NOW, HERE, and without effort.
Read more for five excellent tips...
