There are over three million nurses in the United States who deal with a multitude of issues every day, from patient suffering and death to the stress of dealing with insurance companies. With a growing shortage of nurses, finding inspiration and keeping hope alive is necessary for nurses to keep up their morale and to have a good quality of life outside of the workplace. In Meditations on Hope, nurses from a variety of specialties share their tales of staying positive and focused, maintaining hope in the face of patients’ suffering, triumphing over tragedy, overcoming adversities and challenges, and developing relationships that bring hope, understanding, and healing to themselves and their loved ones. Nurses—from hospitals, private practices, and in home health care—tell about how they keep their faith and hope in the healing process, in the face of patients’ suffering. Hear from people new to the field as well as those who have been in nursing for decades about the cases that have buoyed their spirits and those that require their greatest reserve of strength.
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Thanks for Meditations on Hope!! AS a registered nurse for 34 years, I have spent 30 of those years in community based settings. The stories in Meditations on Hope reminded me of many of the clients I have visited over the years. Their inner strength and hopefulness have continued to inspire me, and it was nice to be reminded of those clients through the words of other nurses.Thank you!!!
Rarely do you get to see the inner workings Meditations on Hope, Nurses’ Stories about Motivation and InspirationEdited by Paula M. Sergi, BSN, MFA, and Geraldine Gorman, RN, PhD(New York: Kaplan, 2009)By Judy SchaeferRarely do you get to observe nurses meditate so clearly and openly while they measure themselves and their wits against their sensitive clinical and psychological tasks. Rarely do you get to see the inner workings of how we nurses are motivated and inspired. So close is the body to the soul. Or is it? And, if so, how do we know? How will we ever know? But nurses think about it. We meditate on what motivates and inspires our patients and ourselves. Metaphors abound such as the doorway to heaven, the coal shute to hell, or a return to pre-illness health can be like a garden gate or a bright opthalmic light of an iris. There are metaphors too numerous to mention and many of them get used within the narratives of Meditations on Hope (New York: Kaplan, 2009). But for the most part…