Elizabeth Kryak Joins Reiki Radio

Elizabeth ‘Bette’ Kryak recently retired from 34 years of nursing at Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington PA.  She was integral to the Integrative Medicine Services and educated over 900 nurses and members of the community in Reiki.  She was involved in...

3 Tips for Coping with Stress as a Nurse

I love watching my dog sleep. Right now he is sprawled out in the sunshine, lying peacefully on his side. His legs are stretched out and I can almost see a small smile on his face. As nurse professionals, we have a little bit more of a challenge. We have our nursing...

Shift Your Community: Spread Joy in Nursing

We’ve talked about this many times on this nurse self-care blog. However, it is so important that I believe it time to do it again. [Tweet “A great way to boost nursing resilience is through gratitude.”] According to Wikipedia, gratitude is a feeling...

Ode to the Waitress

Last month, I posted about an exceptional bus driver who takes such pride in and enjoys his career in such a way that it makes me smile on a daily basis. Well, soon after I published that post my husband and I went out to dinner. We had this waitress, who at first,...