Mindfulness training can help nurses, patients, and loved ones cope with loss, grief, and suffering.
loss
From our readers…One nurse’s journey through grief: Loss of a Fort Hood family member
Special reports were on practically every news station during the afternoon of November 5th 2009; a shooting had taken place…
Helping caregivers cope with death
A one-day retreat called Mindfulness, Meditaion, and Coping with Death helps healthcare professionals deal with patients’ deaths.
Leadership challenge: Learning to let go
Holding on to the past can sabotage your future. Takeaways: Learning to let go of our expectations and the demands…
Reflections on the heart of nursing
In 1995, I toured the Florence Nightingale Museum in London. On the walls were letters that chronicled a lifetime of…
Sense of loss
In third grade I asked my Dad whether we would be thrown out of our home and into the street.…
Silence and Solace
“We think she’s gone,” he said. It was 6:20 p.m. I was walking down the hall on the med-surg unit,…
When nurses experience loss
Nursing is a job where exposure to grief and loss may be a frequent occurrence. The nurse is challenged with…
