Self Nurse

ABC’s chief medical correspondent helps you ring in the New Year right with a resolution that’s actually doable: a year-long plan to improve your emotional and physical health—from giving up alcohol to doing a digital detox, but each for only one month. Dr. Jennifer Ashton is at the top of...

This is your emotional first-aid kit! Healthcare has always been a difficult career path. But now the stakes are even higher. Clinicians, caregivers, and first responders fight an uphill battle every day to ward off the emotional baggage of their life of service. In Emotional Triage author and nurse Olivia Lovejoy uses her personal battles with burnout, resilience, and a good dose of humor, to address how you can: Manage and protect your emotional energy Promote a healthier mindset Redefine how you think of self-care, and how to do it regularly Rediscover your passion for your profession ...

“Floored is a transformative guide. A must-read for reclaiming comfort, dignity, and vitality.” – Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Board Certified OBGYN and author of The New Menopause The definitive guide to pelvic floor health, written by pelvic floor physical therapist and creator of the Vagina...

In this groundbreaking exploration, three New York Times bestselling authors—Debbie Ford (The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, Why Good People Do Bad Things), Marianne Williamson (The Age of Miracles, A Return to Love), and Deepak Chopra (Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment)—deliver a...

When Luna gets wound up too tight to sit still, “calm down!” never works — but a big, silly BALLOON BREATH does! A funny, rhyming story that teaches little ones a real calming tool: breathe in round like a balloon, then let it go slow. Does your little one struggle to settle down when their body feels too wound up? Meet Luna, an adorable bunny who sometimes gets wound up tight, like a spring in a box. When her heart starts to race and her ears go all jangly, Luna discovers that simply telling herself to "Calm down!" never works best. With Mama's gentle guidance, Luna tries something ...

Four children's Great books, all rolled into one. best for bedtime stories beginner / early reader poetry for kids. best animals stories, value tales

At last - here from the team behind the beloved international best seller comes a companion to Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site. All of our favorite trucks are back on the construction site - this time with a focus on team-building, friendship, and working together to make a big task seem small!

You finish a twelve hour shift, hang up your badge, and drive home in silence because there is nothing left in you for the radio. Your mind keeps replaying the shift long after your body has clocked out. This is not ordinary work stress, and it will not be solved by a bubble bath or a single day off. The Calm Behind the Uniform is a practical, research informed guide written specifically for nurses and frontline healthcare workers carrying the cumulative weight of clinical work: constant vigilance, exposure to patient suffering, understaffing, hostile interactions, and shift schedules that ...

One cheating husband’s wife is another man’s treasure. It’s the beginning of autumn when Kenya Hamilton’s husband decides to break the news to his wife that he’s been unhappy in their marriage and wants to leave. Meanwhile, at insurance adjustor Kevin Hayes’s house, his wife Lindsey unexpectedly leaves him for Cecil Hamilton, a black man, and fellow U.S. Marine. After his car is mistakenly vandalized, Kevin tracks down the perpetrator who happens to be Kenya, the other man’s wife. Kevin finds an unexpected source of solace in Kenya, and eventually, sparks fly between the two. ...

53% of nurses report burnout within the last two years. This book gives you the one skill that actually changes that number for you personally: the ability to set and hold boundaries at work, without guilt, without losing your job, and without losing yourself. Most burnout advice for healthcare workers falls into two useless camps: institutional policy talk you can't implement from the bedside, or motivational platitudes that treat your exhaustion as an attitude problem. The Nurse's Boundary Code offers something different — a practical, field-tested framework built specifically for ...

"I'm a nurse practitioner. I've cared for hundreds of Alzheimer's patients. But when it was my aunt disappearing—and my sister drowning in caregiving—I learned that professional knowledge doesn't protect you from personal heartbreak." The blank stare haunted me. My aunt stared into nothingness. An empty vessel who'd forgotten everything. Everyone. I'm a family nurse practitioner—17 years as a registered nurse, certified NP since 2014. I knew what the blank stare meant. I understood the dying brain. And none of that knowledge stopped the devastation. Because here's what they don't tell...

Are you on a quest for a fulfilling career that aligns with your passions? Do you aspire to make meaningful connection and ascend the corporate ladder? "Skyscraper" is your blueprint for achieving these ambitions. Targeted for both newcomers to corporate America and seasoned professionals in search of direction, "Skyscraper" introduces a revolutionary approach to career development. At its core lies the Skyscraper Method, a philosophy that merges effective networking with a profound passion for your profession.

They taught you how to hang a drip. Nobody taught you this. After seventeen years at the bedside—as a med-surg nurse, a family nurse practitioner, and a health coach who has sat across from thousands of patients the system gave up on—Nati Carrillo has one thing to say to every nurse reading this: You already know more than you think you do. You've just been trained to doubt it. What They Don't Teach You in Nursing School is the book nursing school never assigned—and the one every nurse needs. It's not a protocol. It's not a checklist. It's the unfiltered truth about the skills that ...

Heal compassion fatigue and reclaim boundaries with this grounding self-care guide for exhausted caregivers. Perfect for your quiet commute home after a grueling hospital shift, this restorative listen meets you in the heavy moments of moral distress. Step out of numb survival mode and let these...

When you choose to become unfiltered and unafraid, YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE. Looking at Rachel Luna today, you would never guess what she has been through. Both her parents died from AIDS, she survived a cancer diagnosis that upended her life, and she served for a decade in the United States Marine...

Moneyball meets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of one of the greatest scientific quests of our time—the groundbreaking program to answer the most essential question for humanity: how do we live and die?—and the visionary mastermind behind it. Medical doctor and economist Christopher...

Your LPN experience may open more doors than bedside shifts alone. Many licensed practical nurses want more flexibility, extra income, or a way to use their healthcare background outside traditional bedside work. But starting a business as an LPN requires more than a good idea. It requires clear boundaries, realistic planning, and a careful understanding of what you can and cannot offer safely. Businesses You Can Start as an LPN: A Practical Guide to Side Hustles, Non-Bedside Work, and Career-Based Business Ideas is a practical guide for LPNs who want to explore business ideas without ...

How to use the insights of neuroscience and the techniques of mindfulness to get a good night's sleep. Everyone's familiar with the consequences of lost sleep: you're groggy and irritable, your focus is off, you don't perform at your best, and you're likely to dump sugary foods and caffeine into...

"...an intense and interesting peek into the world of medicine and more specifically the relationship between health care staff and the patients they interact with." This collection of medical stories by best-selling author Scott Kemp is a journey into some of the craziest and most incredible stories about patients in and around the Exam Room. There will be absurd and baffling cases that will surprise even the most seasoned medical professional. Some are funny, while others are head-scratching and primarily based on real-life experiences. Medicine can be heart-wrenching, funny, surprising, ...

This is a gripping SHORT STORY about a young woman who is very very afraid about having to have ONE of her wisdom teeth out. The nurses and the doctors are infuriating to Jessica, who seems to be losing her grip on reality. Is she over-reacting, or are her fears justified. The characters in this story are quite elaborate. Emotions run high, as the Wisdom Tooth Man takes on this new patient...