Monday, September 24, 2012
Five Components of Health Related Fitness
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
How do you like Wild West look?
The medical uniform industry pretty much have every option of nursing scrubs and lab coats that can be used by nurses and doctors alike for work everyday. They can match different pieces to look fashionable, or even achieve a style featured in a magazines and runways. One great idea is the Wild West look featured by the clothing line Ralph Lauren. Check out the Ralph Lauren Wild West look below.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Healing Gardens Help Hospital Staff Deal with Stress
There are varieties of healing gardens, each mainly designed for the needs of patients. Specialty hospitals and clinics that deal with specific groups of patients can have healing gardens particularly structured for their therapeutic needs and physical capabilities. The types of healing gardens include psychiatric hospital gardens, children’s gardens, nursing home gardens, Alzheimer’s Treatment gardens, hospice gardens, gardens for the visually impaired, meditation gardens, enabling gardens, sensory gardens, and gardens for horticultural therapy.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Healthy Diet, A Need Often Neglected by Health Workers
Did you wonder why many of your colleagues were overweight when you first started working as a nurse? If not, maybe you were just too overwhelmed with the fact that you finally made it in the healthcare industry. But as months pass by, you noticed that you, too, are gaining weight as your nursing uniforms are starting to get too snug already. What seemed to be a mere sight is finally dawning in your mind; healthcare is afflicted with the rest of the world’s most acquired disease, obesity.
The reason for obesity epidemic among nurses is the lack of proper and healthy diet itself. It’s something that nurses cannot simply own due to the overwhelming tasks. Hearing complaints about not being able to take lunch is all too common. In fact, you would rather wonder if you know somebody was able to fully and regularly spend his or her lunch break over a healthy meal. In many cases, they’d only be given a few minutes to grab a donut, some cookies or pizza pie, and then, they’ll run back to their tasks again. It’s also normal for them to take their lunch one or two hours after their scheduled break time. Sometimes, they won’t even be able to eat at all.
How many times were you able to sit comfortably in the pantry during your lunch break? And can you name a handful of your coworkers who bring healthy veggies and fruits regularly? Were the resident doctors and nurses in your hospital even urged you to eat healthy?
More than anybody in hospitals, healthcare workers need to stay as healthy as ever because the patients, the patients’ loved ones, and their own families rely on them. It just so happen that their very job does not allow them that, an issue that is, well, too often overlooked. Sadly, these are the very same people who are trusted for care. When we know they don’t do well for their own health, should we be worried about our safety or does it undermine our nurses’ integrity as professionals?
In a country where nurses are outnumbered by patients, ensuring utmost health of healthcare workers is the least that hospital administrators can do. It might not be as huge as salary increase, but is sure gives a good dose of positive energy. And it’s a good thing that there are those who also work hard to promote healthy diet among healthcare professionals, and become role models themselves with their choice of food.
Monday, January 31, 2011
What’s the Next Big Thing?
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Sleep Your Way to Fat Loss
In the first 2 weeks both men and women slept 8.5 hours, while they got only 5.5 sleep during the other 2 weeks. During these periods, participants lived in a sleep lab and they followed calorie restricted diet. After which, researchers found an average of 7lbs lost during both conditions. Here’s the thing, though, sleep-restricted period enabled loss of muscle rather than fat. Body tissues were shed, not fats.
Results during sleep-lab setting may be different from the real-world setting. But hey, there’s nothing to loose in trying this strategy. Besides, sleep has proven to be of great help on health, in general. So if you notice the Cherokee scrubs you bought just a couple of months ago are starting to feel tighter already, you might as well consider improving your sleep than digging into clearance scrubs for new ones. Even if positive results don’t show up soon, you’ll no doubt benefit from enough sleep physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
10 Ways to Get Rid of Dark Circles
I always desired to get rid of these dark circles, but I just don’t have time to look for any treatment, even from the internet. Today, though, while reading the news, I saw in the sidebar of one site tips on how to get rid of under eye circles. It took me to about.com.
I haven’t tried it yet, except the last two tips. Nonetheless, I wanna share it to you.
Dark circles appear for several reasons. It can be due to nasal congestion, allergies, and vitamin deficiency. It can also be brought about by poor adrenals, bad circulation, and broken vessels. Dark circles can also be hereditary. To be able to remove the discoloration under the eyes, of course, it’s the cause that must be treated first.
(1) Take Multivitamins. Health care workers who work in the night shift often suffer from vitamin deficiency, so taking multivitamins should work well. Vitamin b6, b12 and folic acid in multivitamins will substantiate the necessary vitamins.
2) Increase Calcium and Magnesium Intake. This should improve adrenal function.
3) Over the counter allergy meds could easily treat nasal congestion.
4) For improved circulation, eat foods with less salt, and quit smoking.
(5) If you have this habit of rubbing the eyes, it’s time to break it to avoid damage of delicate blood vessels in under the eye area.
(6) Splash cold water first thing in the morning to deal with puffy eyes. This should help undereye capillaries contract and reduce swelling. Puffy eyes give undereye area that discolored look.
(7) Gently press cold spoons on your eyes for five minutes. But first, put them in the freezer for 5 minutes.
(8) Put chamomile teabag, which were set in the fridge overnight, for 15 minutes. Cucumber should also do.
(9) Use creams that are concentrated with vitamin C or K.
(10) Apply concealer.