Why YOU Are The MOST Important Nurse Today...

Published: Tue, 05/08/18

I hope that this note finds you well in your life and in your work and that you're enjoying the recognition that National Nurses Week brings to you.

(And, as always - to those readers who are not nurses...Happy You Week...just for the heck of it!!!)

So, what's up with the "YOU are the MOST important?"

....as nurses, we can get caught up in the negative self-talk that goes on within our mind, or in the stress of work rather than what we know to be our best self; it's easy to forget why we matter so much to those around us; to our patients, to our peers and to those we love.

Stress at work and the daily grind can wear down your attention and make it harder for you to stay focused and provide the care that you want to give.

Stress causes distraction, and distraction means that you're forgetting that to your patients, you are the most important person because...well, you're there to care for them and that's important.

Let's quickly look at what being "important" means:

im·por·tant

imˈpôrtnt/

adjective

~ of great significance or value; likely to have a profound effect on success, survival, or well-being.

No doubt about it, when you take a look at the definition of important, it describes YOU perfectly! Even the words "success," "survival" and "well-being" are probably somewhere in your listed outcomes for patient satisfaction, right?

JUST FOR YOU:

Seven years ago, I published the book, Minding the Bedside: Nursing from the Heart of the Awakened Mind. It's a book by a nurse (that's me) for a nurse (that's you) about how to deal with the effects of stress and distraction mindfully so that your importance to your patients can make the biggest difference.

And for this year's National Nurses Week, I'm giving you my book for free, in exchange for...nothing!

All you need to do is to go to Amazon, TODAY!!, and download the Kindle version of my book. That's it. That simple.

Oh, and what about the "strings attached" to this offer? There are none...well, except that...if you like my book, if it benefits you, if it helps you in any way, large or small, or - maybe - if you just like how it reads, I would ask that you leave a review on Amazon; let others know something about the book, or about what I wrote, that worked for you.

If you know of others who may benefit from my book (and they don't even have to be RNs) please feel free to send them here so that they can get tomorrow's email and get my book.

Why am I giving away my book? At this point, having you and others read my book isn't about making money because that's never been what my book was about; it's about sharing the benefits that I've experienced from mindfulness and awareness practices with you.

Well, that's it for now. Stay tuned to further emails with details about the book as well as other cool stuff... ;-)

Take care,

Jerome