Q. I am feeling a lot of stress at work right now, and I’m bringing it home with me. I want to understand what I’m experiencing. What are the effects of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burnout?
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Occupational hazards: Compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burnout
In DSM-IV, abuse was considered to be a milder or early form of addiction; dependence was considered the more severe form. However, the definitions were unclear and often problematic .
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Using DSM-5 in your practice
Q: How do I start a conversation with the parents of a six-year-old concerning her rapid weight gain?
A: These can be uncomfortable interactions, especially when the parents/caregivers are overweight or obese themselves or don’t view their overweight child as having a weight problem. However,...
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When a child’s weight is the focus
Q: I graduated a year ago, but the only nursing position I’ve found is one that’s part time. I’m having trouble making the payments on my student loans. What suggestions do you have?
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Repaying student loans? What are the options
Q: My hospital has initiated the accreditation process. What does this mean, and how will the process affect me?
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Accreditation Canada on your front lines
Q: In what circumstances do I have a legal duty to disclose a patient’s HIV status?
A: In the vast majority of circumstances, a patient’s HIV status should not be revealed to anyone else without the patient’s explicit informed consent, for both legal and ethical reasons....
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HIV status: Who needs to know?
Q: I am responsible for the influenza vaccination campaign at my workplace. Vaccination rates have been consistently low, averaging below 50 per cent. What can I do to encourage more of my colleagues to get a flu shot?
A: In my experience, in health-care settings where immunization rates of staff...
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Getting your workplace immunization campaign on track
Q: As a new manager, I am finding the youngest generation of nurses difficult to engage. Other nurses (the older ones) are complaining to me that their younger colleagues don’t seem to know their place and, honestly, I have to agree. It’s leading to a real disconnect on my team, and...
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Millennials - The new normal
Q: I am a staff nurse and lately I’ve been hearing a lot about health coaching as a benefit to patients. What is health coaching?
A: Coaching is a collaborative relationship between a coach and a willing individual — the client. In this relationship, which is both time limited and...
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Health coaching a natural fit
Q: I am worried about the possibility of violence in my hospital. Is there something I should be doing to limit the risks to me and to my colleagues?
A: Violence is more common in health-care settings than in most other workplaces, and nurses are at particularly high risk because of the time...
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The warning signs of violent behaviour