No jokes, no stress, people live, people die, sometimes we help,
sometimes we can't, just do what we can and move along to the next.
Andrew B
ER x 22 years
(Level I trauma center, pre-hospital, transport, community ER)
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> He was having a joke with us-it's the season for jokes you see!<BR>
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> Valorie I admire your conviction here. It must be incredibly tense
sometimes.<BR>
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> Do take care.<BR>
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> Best wishes for the new year everyone.<BR>
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> Can I just ask that a new year resolution is that you each pick a topic
of <BR>
> your choice and bring it into this arena for discussion? No holds
barred except <BR>
> patient confidentiality.<BR>
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> Fenella<BR>
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> In a message dated 29/12/2004 03:43:38 GMT Standard Time, <BR>
> ohjoywrld@... writes:<BR>
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> No Stress , what are kidding.<BR>
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> Andrew J Bowman <sumieb@...> wrote:<BR>
> There is no stress in the ER.<BR>
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> There is also no crying in the ER.<BR>
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> Andrew Bowman<BR>
> ER x 22 years<BR>
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> > Hi there I am fascinated with the topic of stress in the ER and am
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> actually going to start working on a thesis in January. I would <BR>
> appreciate any comments or suggested readings. I would like to focus
on <BR>
> how Er workers cope with stress.<BR>
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> > You can contact me at either taz91@... or via this focus
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> > Thanks,<BR>
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> > Coleen<BR>
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> > -----Original Message-----<BR>
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> > From: Joy Shields [mailto:ohjoywrld@...]<BR>
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> > Sent: Sat 12/25/2004 1:43 PM<BR>
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> > To: emergency-nurse@yahoogroups.com<BR>
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> > Subject: Re: [emergency-nurse.org] Stress Question<BR>
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> > I look forward to reading on topic stress mamagement. Thanks
ER <BR>
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> > emergencynurselistowner wrote:<BR>
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> > Hi all,<BR>
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> > I've just posted a section on Stress Management on
www.emergency-<BR>
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> > nurse.org, and I'd like to put a few pages together with
details <BR>
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> > how ER nurses cope with stress for other to read and
hopefully<BR>
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> > The question is - how do you deal with stress where you work?
What<BR>
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> > coping mechanisms do you use and what works and doesn't work?
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> > To kick the discussion off, one of my personal coping mechanisms
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> > to stop everything for 5 minutes and take stock (the fact I
smoke<BR>
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> > helps as it's an excuse to leave for a few minutes!). Leaving
the<BR>
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> > department in the hands of the second senior nurse for a few
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> > works wonders, and when I come back I'm good to go! What
doesn't<BR>
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> > work for me is to keep going and going with no breaks at
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> > Looking forward to hearing what you do!<BR>
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