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By Kristene C. Diggins, 28 June 2010 If you’re looking for variety in your work, nursing offers it. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 30 January 2010 Often, my patients offer me more than the care I give them. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 22 October 2009 Empowering the caregiver empowers the patient. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 01 September 2009 Physical weakness belied his inner strength. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 20 February 2009 I realized that I often have overlooked my patients’ need for simple affirmation through touch. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 21 November 2008 The tears flowed as she told me about the progression of her husband’s Alzheimer’s disease. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 20 August 2008 Glancing around the hospital room, I felt a vulnerability that was unfamiliar to me. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 21 May 2008 She stared into my eyes, searching for someone she could trust. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 25 February 2008 Compassion is an emotion that motivates many of us to pursue a career in nursing. Desire to help others in physical need is at the heart of the art and science of nursing. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 03 December 2007 A person facing terminal illness may find it easy to give up hope. Accepting the inevitable and simply losing daily zeal for life easily follow diagnosis of terminal disease. It seems to be the natural course of things, but do we as health care providers magnify this hopelessness with our own attitudes? |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 03 September 2007 I never realized the feelings that would ensue when I first began caring for elderly patients. I had little training and experience in geriatrics, so when asked to cover a nursing home shift for another nurse practitioner, I was unaware of the nature of the job. Ms. Henderson changed all that for me. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 04 June 2007 The human spirit’s will to survive is evident when one faces the diagnosis of a terminal illness, and it is often our privilege to see this in our patients. The drive to fight for life exists in all of us, and the challenge is to nurture this fight in patients who come across our paths. |
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By Kristene C. Diggins, 02 December 2005 A U.S. nurse working in the Amazon shares her perspectives. |
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