Posted on 09/05/2021 7:26:18 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
One of the saddest memories I have working in health care was seeing the patients of the large pediatric hospital that was literally next door to us being wheeled through our corridors on their way to our Radiation Therapy Department (they shared our equipment). To see these little kids with their bald heads and their radiation/chemotherapy pallor could even make you question the existence of a loving,meriful God.
“There is no way that the experiences a trauma nurse (however incredibly difficult and sometimes painful that work may be) went through is at all relatable to the experience a soldier who served in combat and came home with missing limbs had to endure.
Buck up, Ladies (and I say that as a woman).”
Actually the neurophysiology is identical. The trauma different.
and I say that as a multiple PTSD survivor, researcher & a guy who actively works with those w/PTSD.
And your point is well taken.
For example when vets returned from WWII, Korea & Nam most threw themselves into their work (suppressing the PTSD symptoms). When they retired, up jumped the devil. Their nervous systems had not forgotten.
They can buck-up now and power thru for the time being. But keep in mind that PTSD is like a virus and studies have shown that in can run 4 generations deep. (holocaust survivors).
Or how about turning a couple of rooms into relaxation areas with a calming spa-like environment. Soothing music, with the walls painted in calming colors. Maybe a tropical beach theme. A place to go to, even for a few minutes, to soak in some positive, restorative energy. I don't frequent hospitals, so maybe hospitals already have something like that.
Let's face it. Hospital aren't exactly the most positive places on the planet. Are there things that hospital administrators could to to help bring in some positive energy that would help to counteract all the negative energy?
Those are good suggestions. Perhaps sending them to the hospital nurses you know to forward the suggestions to their hospital administrators would help.
The Admin and Board members are well aware of the “problem”.
They are just not willing (yet) to provide (or have) funding for solutions.
Been there, done that.
The higher the level of training the deeper the degree of despair at being helpless.
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