Rx For Healthcare Professionals by Larry Wilde America's best-selling humorist offers practical tips on how to wipe out workplace woes with humor. Lockwood was Visiting a cousin in a Philadelphia hospital. He noticed that the nurses were all wearing pins on their uniforms. When he looked closer, Lockwood saw that the pins were shaped like apples.
Every nurse has a pin on that looks like an apple.
People who provide a service as important as healthcare take their work quite seriously. Registered nurses devote most of their waking hours to the care of the sick and needy. Coping with pain and suffering, handling emergencies, understanding the needs of anxious patients, explaining complicated medical procedures to family and relatives, incredibly long hours, as well as juggling a dozen different decisions, and you've got a classic pressure-packed day in the life of a typical healthcare professional. There are many ways to contend with stress - everything from jogging and paddle ball to biofeedback, aerobics and herbal tea. All these methods work to some extent but they take up precious time.