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Can a grateful heart enhance your health? A growing body of research says, “Yes.” Gratitude, as a conscious practice, offers a whole host of health benefits. Gratitude promotes physical and emotional well-being, improves one’s ability to cope with stress and bolsters positive interaction with others. Furthermore, research shows grateful individuals report having more energy and . . . → Read More: Can a Grateful Heart Enhance Your Health? A dear friend of Guardian Nurses, who also happens to be a family practice physician, ventured to Honduras last week on a medical mission. Upon hearing her compelling stories of her week providing primary care to thousands of rural residents, I thought it would be good to share some of them–in no particular order. 1. The total # of . . . → Read More: A Week’s Worth of Health Care in Honduras As I have made mention of in previous posts, I love language and words. And the occasional humorous terminology as it is used without intending to be humorous, in healthcare. I guess only nurses like me find it funny. Take for instance the sentence, “The liver is unremarkable.” This sentence was part of an abdominal . . . → Read More: “The liver is unremarkable” Since 1970, January has been recognized as National Blood Donor Month. Here are some good-to-know facts about our country’s blood supply from the American Red Cross: The demand for transfusions is growing faster than donations. Less than 38% of the US population is eligible to donate blood. Blood cannot be manufactured—it can only come from donors. . . . → Read More: Resolve This Year To Give Blood This week, I was driving on the PA Turnpike en route to Hershey Medical Center where I was planning to visit a patient and her family. During my trip, I checked in by phone (hands free, bluetooth!) with another client whose dad was recently diagnosed with cancer. Our plan was to talk that day so . . . → Read More: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hershey Thanksgiving is here and gone. The annual holiday season is in full swing. Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, you name it—this is it. This time of year can be one of the best, but it can also be one of the most taxing on our bodies. Stress, poor eating, and less sleep can take its toll on . . . → Read More: Tips for Enjoying Your Holidays I love words and language as much as the next gal. Really. I studied journalism in college and have always enjoyed writing. Part of the reason I enjoy producing this blog. So lately I’ve been thinking about all of the words and terms that we use every day in healthcare—even some of the new ones. And I have to . . . → Read More: The Marketing of Healthcare Academic studies show that what we learned in kindergarten is really true: it’s not things, but attitude that truly makes us happy. People who describe themselves as feeling grateful to others in general tend to have higher vitality and more optimism, suffer less stress, and experience fewer episodes of clinical depression than the population as . . . → Read More: Giving Thanks IS Good for Your Health This past week, I was struck by two separate incidents that highlighted the need for family members to talk to each other. One particular story involves a friend and colleague, in her 40′s, who after experiencing symptoms for weeks, finally relented and visited her primary care physician. After an examination and a thorough history, and . . . → Read More: Family Secrets…”I Didn’t Know My Mom Had…” Do you have a hospital fantasy? No, not the one involving Dr. McDreamy from Grey’s Anatomy. The one where you want to be admitted to the hospital for a little rest and relaxation. I read a piece on the Huffington Post by Katrina Alcorn where she describes that she had conducted an “unofficial poll” of . . . → Read More: Do You Have a “Hospital Fantasy?” |
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