Hi Lin,



Thanks for the well wishes for my father. I think the hardest thing we have
to fight with him is to switch his mind back to being able to live longer.
You see, during his operation the surgeon saw a very small suspicious spot
on his liver. It was biopsied and was found to be positive for cancer.



Yes, he has cancer. but the Internist went into his room after his second
operation when the poor guy was battling having been in the hospital for a
couple of weeks, not eating, no form of nutrition until I started raising
holy h@$%! and got them to order hyperalimentation (which I had to get them
to D/C and put on a diet when he finally got bowel sounds) - anyway, you get
the idea.



So the Internist goes in, stands over him, says, "Mr. Hirsch, I want to let
you know you have cancer and there is no cure for it." Sweet, huh? So. we
are battling his knowing he has the "big C" and thinking it is already over
(the surgeon said it was a tiny dot on the liver and he wasn't even sure it
was anything to be concerned about). Slowly but surely we are helping him
realize that there is life beyond diagnosis and he IS still alive. while he
is recovering from being in the hospital for weeks - so sorry. one of my
soapboxes is to use compassion when the person is ready to actually listen.
hence my profession as a certified Coach.





Now to address why you wrote back to me.



I don't see the problem as recruitment either. That's the "fix" that is
being applied to the problem though. I see Nurses as being people who love
to contribute to their fellow human beings and who are wonderfully able to
give in situations that others cannot fathom. (My husband just came in to me
this morning and he had bumped his head this past weekend where he had a
scab on his forehead. He had washed it and the scab had come off and he was
alarmed because when he looked in the mirror, there was a trickle of blood
coming down to his face. He was alarmed. and came running into show me. I
had to hold back my laughter. how to be sympathetic when I've seen the worst
of blood and guts??? and. you get the picture! :-))



Anyway, so Nurses love to contribute and can do a job none others can do.
the problem may be pay and I think it's something beyond and maybe along
with the $$$. Lately, we've been researching where the business of
healthcare are looking for "What's wrong" so that we can get a better handle
on our initiative of "Keep Nurses Nursing."



What I think is that because Nurses don't contribute to the "bottom-line" in
Administrators or Physicians points of view - in other words, they don't
bring cold hard cash into facilities and instead are considered "part of the
business of healthcare - Nurses are not considered as an important faction
in "the problems of the soaring costs of healthcare."



Its true Nurses don't bring in cash however what seems to be missing is that
because of the attrition of Nurses leaving the jobs that approximately
$42,000 has been spent for EACH job to get them into (found during last
research in January) and the job has to be filled again and again until
perhaps one Nurse finds that she will stay for as long as she will stay.
hundreds of thousands of dollars (pounds??) are spent - no, Nurses don't
contribute to the bottom line however are they thinking of how it's costing
them not to be able to Keep Nurses Nursing?



The way I see it too is that Nurses who are coming into the profession in
this day and age don't have the same "old" thought patterns of keeping their
jobs for 20 years or so. nope; the "Gen-X"ers and "Gen-Y"ers have seen their
parents lose jobs and change jobs because of failing organizations and are
looking at switching jobs at their whim or leisure. The loyalty that was
once alive is no longer. have healthcare facilities considered that fact?



So, you can see why we are focusing our new passion for 2005; what's it
going to take for Nurses to stay in their chosen career?



What Nurses have spoken about what will keep them nursing are:

1. money
2. respect
3. a commitment to their growth in their professional lives and
advancement
4. YES! --> support for a family life that allows them to have a
successful and satisfying PERSONAL life too
5. a "LISTENING" or understanding for what's going on with them. (just
because we can deal with blood and guts doesn't mean we don't have the need
to vent in a HEALTHY manner!
6. these are what I can think of off the top of my head. what else?



However, I also don't get that the realization of what Nurses need and want
will just come to those who run healthcare facilities; I see it as the
responsibility of Nurses to begin to observe their own situation from an
objective perspective (not always the easiest to "see the forest for the
trees") and to make declarations for their future and to make requests and
offers and promises such that they get to live into their dream vocation
while also living lives they love.



Hence, Design Your Life Coaching's offer to put Nurses together who are up
to more than complaining that it doesn't work and are ready to create it
working.





Patricia

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Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 4:49 AM
To: Nurse-moms
Subject: Re: Nurses and Hospitals and... a shortage of Nurses willing to
work!



Greetings Pat,

sorry to hear about your father. I hope he is well on the mend now. We
have the same with staff shortages this side of the pond. The government
think it is a recruitment thing but it is a rentention problem because our
pay isn't exactly brilliant in comparison with the police and fire service
and other emergency services etc. Also this governemnt is so focused on
saving money and targets they are forgetting the patients are people.
They'd like to scrap the NHS and have us pay for our health care as
elsewhere and think we aren't aware of this!! Of course the media doesnt
help as anyting wrong it is ALWAYS nurse's at fault and it really gets my
got, the latest being MRSA is because nurses don't wash their hands, never
mind the doctors who visit different wards, the visitors, members of the
multi disiplinary team, patients, clinics, porters etc. Out of all carers
I'd say nurses wash their hands the most. Sorry this is one of my hobby
horses. I'll get off now!!

Lin
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow
in Australia.
Charles Schultz









Hi everyone,

I have been extremely quiet on email overall and that has only been because
in the last four weeks I've found out exactly how much I need to forge ahead
with our company's 2005 initiative of "Keeping Nurses Nursing!"



My father was diagnosed with colon cancer 4 weeks ago today after having a
colonoscopy which he hadn't had in 15 years (lesson one for those of us over
50). The next day he went in for the removal of an encapsulated tumor. I
visited him thinking he would be out in a week if not sooner. Having nursed
for 16 years, I naturally picked up the slack for the Med/Surg Nurses and
was only there for a couple of days as we assumed he could go home from the
first surgery.



The day he was due to be dc'd unfortunately he became infected and had to
stay in the hospital. I came back (to northern California) and was there for
two weeks up until yesterday.



It was in the last 4 weeks that I have really gotten to see what is
happening in hospitals for Nurses. There was minimal staffing with Nurses
doubling back and picking up extra shifts on nights or PMs or days and they
were absolutely beat. Luckily for my dad who came home the day before
yesterday (yay!!!), my stepmom and I are Nurses and were able to do his AM
care, PM care, help feed him, walk him, etc. I can't IMAGINE other patients'
families not knowing how to care for their loved ones having Nurses stressed
and helpless with how to handle the challenges of shortages of Nurses
willing to work when all they really want to do is Nurse.





Now more than ever our company will forge ahead with coaching Nurses into
having lives that work for THEM. saying "NO" when needed and caring for
THEMSELVES first; letting the hospital administration work to find
appropriate answers to nursing shortages. not allowing themselves to be
guilted into working when it doesn't SERVE the Nurse.







Design Your Life Coaching offers differing Coaching Groups where Nurses are
able to come together and work with like-minded Nurses who are up to
creating the future of what it is to be a Nurse. What does it mean, really?
What are we going to do about it? How will we take a stand and demand a
future that we deserve as Nurses? After all, do you realize there would be
no "Health Care" without Nurses??!! We ARE a powerful professional body,
come together and create it to work for ALL of us.



For each Coaching Group made up of 5-8 Nurses, there is a Certified Coach
who will guide you towards what is possible for the future of Nursing. (For
more in-depth information on what Coaching is, go to www.coachfederation.org
<http://www.coachfederation.org/> )



So enough of that, my hat is off to each and every one of you who are out
there doing the world an awesome favor. Thank YOU for all you do.



Patricia



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