Too many cool things...

I love it when you find interesting things at a conference.

While I felt brain-dead after the 0700 meeting today, I absolutely loved the fact that the presenter interspersed cartoons by this guy into a subject, that to many, is horribly depressing.

It's not depressing to me...it's dealing with a segment of my people at the Hotel, and they had a couple of things I know my folks would just love. Now if some more of our medical staff were present, things could be different.

Stay tuned! Some things just shouldn't stay here in Vegas...they  need to go  back to the Hotel!

Mental health

With an interdisciplinary team in rehab settings, patients get the full spectrum of assistance to accomplish their goals and achieve a better quality of life following illness or injury.

Nurses, however, don't always use similar, available resources. How many times has your hospital's Employee Assistance Program sent out cards with phone numbers on them and have folks discussed the benefits? Probably a few times.

I found this interesting article on www.nurse.com called "Nurses With Depression Need Peer Support." It addresses a lot of issues, particularly this fact:

"Some 9.6% of full-time healthcare practitioners between the ages of 18 and 64 suffered a major depressive episode in the year before an October 2007 report published by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration compared with 7% among all full-time workers."