tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78261010789260976662024-03-13T03:36:39.117+00:00TUS: Midlands Nursing and Health BlogTUS: Midlands Nursing and Health BlogAIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-24620820037921743542023-05-12T15:34:00.003+01:002023-05-12T15:34:28.238+01:00HSE Marks International Nurses’ Day<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiGbRY83l9tId1ZarTVKparCLuttUv2WrsC4_-CBcj0bt6RrguwVz7Y6jukoneW3A739heZ7IhEFwMrZuYFdxUsBEvS0vDCBhKdqiWy79-Gs2_w_5Oh5Vo8dqS-Cj62YXIO3UxMSBOWkQmdZ5P7PDbKorEjAyr4_YRfpXqX97Ysryga6FQd8EK2pp/s480/nurse-3624463_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="480" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiGbRY83l9tId1ZarTVKparCLuttUv2WrsC4_-CBcj0bt6RrguwVz7Y6jukoneW3A739heZ7IhEFwMrZuYFdxUsBEvS0vDCBhKdqiWy79-Gs2_w_5Oh5Vo8dqS-Cj62YXIO3UxMSBOWkQmdZ5P7PDbKorEjAyr4_YRfpXqX97Ysryga6FQd8EK2pp/s320/nurse-3624463_1920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Today, ( 12th May), the HSE marks International Nurses’ Day 2022 (#IND2022), the theme is <i style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Nurses:</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A Voice to Lead - Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to Secure Global Health</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. This theme focuses on the need to invest in nursing in order to build resilient, high quality health systems to meet the needs of individuals and communities now and into the future.</span><p></p><p align="justify" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">In Ireland, the event will be celebrated throughout the HSE and the critical role of nurses is being marked with a live webinar from the Office of Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (HSE), the Office of the Chief Nursing Officer (Department of Health) and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. Key senior leaders will present their messages for nurses and a panel of representatives from all disciplines of nursing will discuss their roles and how they contribute to the care of service users as health care professionals. It will be a wonderful opportunity to hear from front line nursing professionals as they share their experiences</p><p align="justify" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p align="justify" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/media/pressrel/hse-marks-international-nurses-day-2022.html" target="_blank">Read more from HSE</a></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-78782269901224366192022-11-07T15:31:00.004+00:002022-11-07T15:36:35.999+00:00Library Positive living links and resources<p> <span style="background-color: #ffd966;">Some resources and links from the library 'Positive living collection and library guide:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://ait.libguides.com/positivelivingresource/depression" target="_blank">Depression</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ait.libguides.com/positivelivingresource/depression" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1243" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_pyTP59Sw8U2pt7zAG6cWA2tOEzumvAxy7bgTeRBgtROxXQqSYsfs3YJ2eNJFMFHDlD6NzyFBAOBP_gtB3qg_J1U401GnZM964BvPSjnioWCTSZyYpZ01rxByrnxAhrNLQ0Z05BBd7FONYxU9md3fe8zaMzEsY4r8CFXuYFhUru1sS2CFtDUnHq3/w326-h152/Depression.PNG" width="326" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ait.libguides.com/positivelivingresource/anxiety">Anxiety</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ait.libguides.com/positivelivingresource/anxiety" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="1201" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyJ4ZZv1OfzLgdtubP0Q82t5JUsfVtNqwE9DOFhBrZxMn-6vKVoXZLFb-tU-DGk3B98BGr98FyhW9eS_D5_4sOahRnbApwVhVcKgTB5eP0pe40A0JppqEYK6odza3wDl41Bt8QyT_iDfRMdcsq9wWhU72lSBK1gqsdhgbd9KQL4JvUvtLTXM9p5Um/s320/Anxiety.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ait.libguides.com/c.php?g=700705&p=5034440" target="_blank">Addictions</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ait.libguides.com/c.php?g=700705&p=5034440" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1209" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftVy03UrlM3H3J0ZjvBg7gZ_jVFGr7GF4yVtoieLA0oNle0VQNqCLDJWPHZ3PuTkI7QGkZ1Tid-rgAg5OOROBLXEA0JdA3dC17b_saTw4CToQdQLcRMo5kjKvckZ93Z4IzXnwXsSxlSCWQ8jnwBi5Dgz6eO6Xwx2sApf04faULbSLDeR-HzzxSC_M/s320/addiction.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ait.libguides.com/c.php?g=700705&p=5034439" target="_blank">Grief</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ait.libguides.com/c.php?g=700705&p=5034439" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1204" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQzb5qwtBC_mZUWhcFXYcOkfS9dG8ipk7UoMdh-_smm-eitKv3846oWX4yaTmkQxNrIr97gWEMM4Kkh5UJUdoq3QIWcjWXUc-G9EV0EEdT-Jn6lkSf8D0oCvYLmHUsBJ9DOoHWEl3bMOww46FtVUWYseoYBlTIkpacAbnHcUrEpNmwo_JYkXWt0Ni/s320/grief.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-18521911491030301642022-11-07T12:53:00.010+00:002022-11-07T13:04:40.396+00:00Courage and difficult times:<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcX1wMwgkP0gDj2iwTU5cmJtyanfBtrOwkMNLDSssV6ZkTJoXLfIfwGXt6dR915tVJ8L7UAHTB8xOjVeiFgVVV8LpHNhGFgRiiM88cAZYnrlbh8WZC3_YVeXAXttOvrsqGtQ6dClNEtRRfT09gEWAfWgXPAf9srmagucjeqfobiktYC5M5hky6QI0/s1920/do-not-give-up-gfc47c2e32_1920.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcX1wMwgkP0gDj2iwTU5cmJtyanfBtrOwkMNLDSssV6ZkTJoXLfIfwGXt6dR915tVJ8L7UAHTB8xOjVeiFgVVV8LpHNhGFgRiiM88cAZYnrlbh8WZC3_YVeXAXttOvrsqGtQ6dClNEtRRfT09gEWAfWgXPAf9srmagucjeqfobiktYC5M5hky6QI0/s320/do-not-give-up-gfc47c2e32_1920.jpg" width="320" /></a><b></b></div><b><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;">Courage
and difficult times: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">TUS : Midlands Library ‘Positive living’ outreach: Bibliotherapy extracts /quotes </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“Success is not
final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Winston Churchill<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“If you’re going through hell, keep going” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Winston Churchill<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“It takes a
great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up
to our friends.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“Let me embrace
thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">William Shakespeare<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“What lies
behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within
us and when we bring what lies within us.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Ralph Waldo Emerson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“Being deeply
loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you
courage.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">― Lao Tzu<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“So do not
fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will
strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">The Holy Bible: Joshua 1:9; Isaiah
41:10)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“It takes
courage to grow up and become who you really are.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">― E.E. Cummings<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“Bran thought about
it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">'That is the
only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><br /></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Galadriel: “Mithrandir...
why the Halfling?” Gandalf: ..”.I don't know. Saruman believes it is only great
power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I've
found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the
darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps
it is because I am afraid... and he gives me courage.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the
Ring</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“It is not
despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do
not.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the
Ring<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Wish it need not have
happened in my time,” said </span><span class="jpfdse"><g-bubble data-ci="" data-du="200" data-tp="5" jsaction="R9S7w:VqIRre;" jscontroller="QVaUhf" jsshadow=""><span data-enable-toggle-animation="true" data-extra-container-classes="ZLo7Eb" data-hover-hide-delay="1000" data-hover-open-delay="500" data-send-open-event="true" data-theme="0" data-ved="2ahUKEwje1I-fh5z7AhUNO8AKHQgVBmQQmpgGegQIEhAD" data-width="250" jsaction="vQLyHf" jsname="d6wfac" jsslot="" role="button" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span jsaction="click:sKUsF" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span data-bubble-link="" data-segment-text="Frodo" jsname="ukx3I">Frodo</span></span></span></g-bubble></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see
such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what
to do with the time that is given us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202124;">”</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"> J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the
Ring<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“Although the
world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Helen
Keller<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“We cannot
change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Randy Pausch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“Do not be
daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now.
Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are
you free to abandon it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">The Talmud<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“And once the
storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to
survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing
is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who
walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Haruki
Murakami<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“I will
breathe. I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry control me. I will
not let my stress level break me. I will simply breathe. And it will be okay.
Because I don’t quit.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Shayne McClendon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Kahlil Gibran on Good & Evil<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“Of the good in
you I can speak, but not of the evil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">For what is
evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Verily when
good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks
even of dead waters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">You are good
when you are one with yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Yet when you
are not one with yourself you are not evil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">For a divided
house is not a den of thieves; it is only a divided house.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">And a ship
without rudder may wander aimlessly among perilous isles yet sink not to the
bottom.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">From ‘The prophet’ by Kahlil Gibran <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“Out of
suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are
seared with scars.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Khalil Gibran<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202124;">Andy Dufresne: [in letter to Red] </span>“<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the
best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">The Shawshank Redemption<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-19617644681073196132022-11-04T16:24:00.001+00:002022-11-04T16:24:12.331+00:00Worth a watch! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LfeXxkbgCVE" width="320" youtube-src-id="LfeXxkbgCVE"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-84391640108281400052022-06-13T13:23:00.004+01:002022-06-13T13:30:53.720+01:00Bibliotherapy Extracts on the "MEANING OF LIFE" for reflection, consideration<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Meaning
and purpose in life,</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJP8vzSt8_W7ChBk4ux8FGozsPHEdfDLJfwVTQi6Mxa3gVi7EA0yfWyJR6escGrwGvzcjX9JcOjZYQHKu_3C6XbyOArxycnUJZd52ddXkR4tHRdt_CgIY82-gsQy1Y0R8--Ij2H52uEd5RJ-RnZAfcvaPBIR93o358CCpt_TTbfBLg_zxOJT1X1cmO/s1920/woman-g18b2a4f4d_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJP8vzSt8_W7ChBk4ux8FGozsPHEdfDLJfwVTQi6Mxa3gVi7EA0yfWyJR6escGrwGvzcjX9JcOjZYQHKu_3C6XbyOArxycnUJZd52ddXkR4tHRdt_CgIY82-gsQy1Y0R8--Ij2H52uEd5RJ-RnZAfcvaPBIR93o358CCpt_TTbfBLg_zxOJT1X1cmO/w400-h272/woman-g18b2a4f4d_1920.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe to it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Being alive is the meaning”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Joseph Campbell,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"> _______________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The Dalai Lama</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"> ________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">“There is not one single big cosmic meaning for all; there is only the meaning we each give to our life. An individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.”</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Anais Nin</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">All available at: <a href="https://medium.com/@successmagazine/the-meaning-of-life-in-15-wise-quotes-a4e0db4b4e64">https://medium.com/@successmagazine/the-meaning-of-life-in-15-wise-quotes-a4e0db4b4e64</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"> _______________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">“My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying about whether she will get fulfilled or liberated or enlightened. As long as she gets some food and a little affection, her life is fine”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Joko Beck. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Available at:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/joko_beck_538152?src=t_meaning_of_life" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/joko_beck_538152?src=t_meaning_of_life</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> ______________________________</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">“There is an
internal landscape, a geography of the soul: we search for its outlines all our
lives. Those who are lucky enough to find it ease like water over stone, onto
its fluid contours, and are home.<br />
Some find it in a place of their birth; others may leave a seaside town,
parched, and find themselves refreshed in the desert. There are those born in
rolling countryside who are really only at ease in the intense and busy
loneliness of the city.<br />
For some, the search is for the imprint of another; a child or a mother, a
grandfather or a brother, a lover, a husband, a wife, or a foe.<br />
We may go through our lives happy or unhappy, successful or unfulfilled, loved,
or unloved, without ever standing cold with the shock of recognition, without
ever feeling the agony as the twisted iron in our soul unlocks itself and we
slip at last into place.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Fiction Book:
Damage by Josephine Hart</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">:
J. Hart (2003) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Damage</i>. Vintage books:
London, 1-2p<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> ________________________________</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">“He knocks at all doors, strays and roams,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Nay, hath not so much wit as some stones
have,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Which in the darkest nights point to their
homes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By some hid sense their Maker gave ;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And passage through these looms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">God order'd motion, but ordain'd no rest”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Poem: Man by Henry
Vaughan Verse 4Source: Vaughan, Henry. The Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist.
vol I. E. K. Chambers, Ed. London, Lawrence & Bullen Ltd., 1896. 169-170<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> ______________________________</o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #343434; font-family: Georgia, serif;">“………But often, in the world's most
crowded streets,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #343434; font-family: Georgia, serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But often, in the din of strife,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There rises an unspeakable
desire<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">After the knowledge of our buried
life,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">…And we have been on many thousand
lines,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And we have shown, on each, spirit
and power,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But hardly have we, for one little
hour,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Been on our own line, have we been
ourselves;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Hardly had skill to utter one of
all<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The nameless feelings that course
through our breast,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But they course on for ever
unexpress'd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And long we try in vain to speak and
act<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Our hidden self, and what we say and
do<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Is eloquent, is well—but 'tis not
true! “…………..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Only—but this is rare—</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia, serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia, serif;">…………..</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia, serif;">…..</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia, serif; mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia, serif;">A bolt is shot back somewhere in our breast</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia, serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And a lost pulse of feeling stirs
again!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The eye sinks inward, and the heart
lies plain,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And what we mean, we say, and what we
would, we know,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A man becomes aware of his life's
flow,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And hears its winding murmur, and he
sees<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #343434; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The meadows where it glides, the sun,
the breeze………….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Extracts from Poem: The buried life by
Mathhew Arnold :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">M. Arnold (1852) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The buried life </i>Available at: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://poets.org/poem/buried-life"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">https://poets.org/poem/buried-life</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> _______________________</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">“An aged man is but a paltry thing,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">A tattered coat upon a stick, unless<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder
sing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">For every tatter in its mortal dress,………..”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Extract from poem Sailing to Byzantium:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeats, W.B (1989) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats</i> Available at: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43291/sailing-to-byzantium">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43291/sailing-to-byzantium</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> _____________________________</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One day you finally knew</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">what you had to do, and began,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">though the voices around you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">kept shouting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">their bad advice --<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">though the whole house<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">began to tremble<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">and you felt the old tug<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">at your ankles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">"Mend my life!"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">each voice cried.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">But you didn't stop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">You knew what you had to do,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">though the wind pried<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">with its stiff fingers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">at the very foundations,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">though their melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">was terrible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">It was already late<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">enough, and a wild night,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">and the road full of fallen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">branches and stones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">But little by little,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">as you left their voice behind,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">the stars began to burn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">through the sheets of clouds,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">and there was a new voice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">which you slowly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">recognized as your own,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">that kept you company<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">as you strode deeper and deeper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">into the world,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">determined to do<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">the only thing you could do --<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">determined to save<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">the only life that you could save.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Oliver, M. (1963) The journey, In: </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No voyage and other poems</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">. Available at:
</span><a href="https://maryoliver.beacon.org/2009/11/new-and-selected-one/index.html" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">https://maryoliver.beacon.org/2009/11/new-and-selected-one/index.html</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-252457054387705312022-03-15T15:49:00.004+00:002022-03-15T17:11:03.053+00:00This Nurse of the Week Will Never Say Your Companion Animal is “Only a ____”<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGNz8d81RHBtfR43eLcfYmEEUj1qUo7ioC1Q_GDQwQB_nknKU3PBb1AIHqX55C7ZJv1koJeJnsaK5Zydlmukp_WODQhnevxDkhvccBXhgu9HwChuWjn8dAUkXfg_NJIaw6J5-jYl25C0qpFwjjyDjZx-d2B2OlPWqy0mBbRZSuQ7AAKDbJSdKCC6Uh=s1200" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1200" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGNz8d81RHBtfR43eLcfYmEEUj1qUo7ioC1Q_GDQwQB_nknKU3PBb1AIHqX55C7ZJv1koJeJnsaK5Zydlmukp_WODQhnevxDkhvccBXhgu9HwChuWjn8dAUkXfg_NJIaw6J5-jYl25C0qpFwjjyDjZx-d2B2OlPWqy0mBbRZSuQ7AAKDbJSdKCC6Uh=s320" width="320" /></a> This Nurse of the Week clearly understands the value of companion animals in healing.</p><p>Jennifer Smith is an RN at the Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Rome, New York. She works in the Center’s adult day health care program, where adults in need of supervision can enjoy socializing while receiving medical care while living at home instead of being isolated in a facility.</p><p>While Smith enjoys all of her patients, she formed a special bond with 60-year-old John Burley. When her patient shared photos of Boomer, his amazing dog (of course he was amazing!), Smith, who has a 13-year-old dog of her own, was an attentive audience. Burley and Boomer had lived together for most of Boomer’s 12 years, and when Burley had to move from Arkansas to Rome, New York, leaving the rest of his family behind, his furry housemate became his go-to for warmth, joy, and emotional support. Man, dog, and nurse all jogged along together for a while, and all was well.</p><p>Then, one day, dog and man were parted.</p><p>Burley came down with pneumonia and was hospitalized for that and other lung problems. As he lived alone and had no one nearby to look after Boomer, the city stepped in. With Boomer’s person unavailable for an indefinite time, the good boy – a good, 12-year-old boy-dog – was sent to a shelter. Burley, isolated in the hospital and sick with worry as well as pneumonia, turned to another vital source of support, his nurse. And his nurse came through for him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Read more <a href="https://dailynurse.com/nurse-of-the-week-will-never-say-your-companion-animal/" target="_blank">at Daily Nurse</a></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-74600962748196991172022-03-15T15:39:00.003+00:002022-03-15T17:12:46.299+00:00Natural Heavy Metal Detox With Chlorella and Spirulina<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXZOALudx6-06mX_2FdYDWHwL7LZk5toqkcUP1D7tyjILhGi-ObP1DIF6717N3AhvECs6cL8vuDc2E40fCuqVbJfrKHbRe_o7Gpc3sR-Ta1dXh3QNuI2sCargQVupfwqstr86Ske21FrYNU9qZFeWsjA4PnrELgjnD_inZj3xTcBclcUn677gGAHWU=s250" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXZOALudx6-06mX_2FdYDWHwL7LZk5toqkcUP1D7tyjILhGi-ObP1DIF6717N3AhvECs6cL8vuDc2E40fCuqVbJfrKHbRe_o7Gpc3sR-Ta1dXh3QNuI2sCargQVupfwqstr86Ske21FrYNU9qZFeWsjA4PnrELgjnD_inZj3xTcBclcUn677gGAHWU=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div>From aluminum in deodorant to mercury in dental fillings, metal toxicity comes at us from every angle these Chlorella Spirulina Tablet Mix Photodays. The presence of these heavy metals (and others such as arsenic, cadmium and lead) has increased as industrialization and its waste products spread.<p>We can work to avoid these substances as much as possible, but some exposure is still bound to occur.</p><p>Since even small amounts of heavy metals in the body can cause negative side effects like fatigue, headaches, digestive problems and skin conditions, it’s important to use natural methods to cleanse your body of these toxins.</p><p>WHY SPIRULINA AND CHLORELLA ARE EFFECTIVE FOR HEAVY METAL DETOX</p><p>The answer to natural heavy metal detoxification is as simple as a single-celled organism. Spirulina and chlorella are two separate micro-algae organisms which have existed on earth since the dawn of time.</p><p>Both were revered as powerful superfoods in many traditional societies, and today are more relevant than ever for achieving overall health and well-being.</p><p>Read more at<a href="https://livingthenourishedlife.com/natural-heavy-metal-detox-with/" target="_blank"> livingthenourishedlife</a></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-32283758966738822442022-03-15T15:33:00.001+00:002022-03-15T15:33:17.226+00:005 Benefits of Deep Breathing Exercises<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJccOZyGLzI9L6qg3Q4cKnnioaZt056OdboMGoUkTDa_kjjbLhfG9-L2HUezKHMKWZ3xz2QIUCPKawz5JO0sqJS1hrOokEGMHT4N0h0fi8RFTZCuhMNDtzYxX-MC_np_BEWxD2SYY5NsOZbHHpJTy3DItKqQomQ7ORsGx2ijV3WuPZM2o5fqHWjy6N=s625" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="625" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJccOZyGLzI9L6qg3Q4cKnnioaZt056OdboMGoUkTDa_kjjbLhfG9-L2HUezKHMKWZ3xz2QIUCPKawz5JO0sqJS1hrOokEGMHT4N0h0fi8RFTZCuhMNDtzYxX-MC_np_BEWxD2SYY5NsOZbHHpJTy3DItKqQomQ7ORsGx2ijV3WuPZM2o5fqHWjy6N=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />Deep breathing exercises just might save your sanity. Check out your breathing the next time you feel angry, stressed or anxious. Chances are when negative emotions run high, your breaths become short and shallow.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is your body’s natural response to stress, but paying more attention to your breathing patterns can help you “cushion” that stress response and help you process stressful emotions more quickly.</div><div><br /></div><div>Let’s talk about some important deep breathing benefits, as well as some tips on how to do deep breathing exercises and develop a daily routine.</div><div><br /></div><div>I would bet that many of us rarely more than a couple deep breaths during an entire day, even when we’re not feeling stressed (and when is that?). And if you’re not taking deep breaths, you could be missing out on one of the simplest ways to drastically improve your health.</div><div>Read more at <a href="https://livingthenourishedlife.com/5-ways-youll-benefit-from-daily-deep/" target="_blank">the Nourished Life </a></div>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-32804516437573863112022-03-15T13:29:00.006+00:002022-03-15T17:14:01.390+00:0010 Key Nursing Trends in 2022<h3 style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0,33,70,var(--text-opacity)); font-family: "Alga Semi Bold"; font-size: 32px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi45PlINivy4d26NFTplqd0aQ8CpW4_MzMlb65DXOixGRkNWItMN4s-bkKwuGoKGIU-5n8vpwcc55MHVYqFpIFwgLwet7xIVOONbnzDTwChtmKhKyoIoIjiwliLw29M9sDVhfPj5mept0VdBkxXO1XPZL1fGindMUXzSfwaQtQnaSCCNF5jM8x1qzLn=s2121" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2121" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi45PlINivy4d26NFTplqd0aQ8CpW4_MzMlb65DXOixGRkNWItMN4s-bkKwuGoKGIU-5n8vpwcc55MHVYqFpIFwgLwet7xIVOONbnzDTwChtmKhKyoIoIjiwliLw29M9sDVhfPj5mept0VdBkxXO1XPZL1fGindMUXzSfwaQtQnaSCCNF5jM8x1qzLn=s320" width="320" /></a></div>1. COVID-19 takes a</span> toll</h3><p style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(68,68,68,var(--text-opacity)); font-family: "Helvetica Now Text Regular"; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Nurses are feeling exhausted and overwhelmed as wave after wave of COVID-19 patients have flowed onto their units. Many have become burned out and ready to leave their nursing jobs in 2022.</p><p style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(68,68,68,var(--text-opacity)); font-family: "Helvetica Now Text Regular"; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.08px;">“Nurses have literally given their lives to take care of patients, and it has a profound effect,” said Bonnie Fuller, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, CTN-A, a professor at the Purdue University Global School of Nursing based in West Lafayette, Indiana. “The pandemic has highlighted the critical role nurses play. We are the backbone of the healthcare profession.”</span></p><p style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(68,68,68,var(--text-opacity)); font-family: "Helvetica Now Text Regular"; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.08px;">Many healthcare professionals consider recent COVID-19 surges avoidable, with no end in sight, due to people refusing vaccinations and mask wearing, according to an </span><a href="https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/hospitals-innovate-amid-dire-nursing-shortages" style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.08px; text-decoration: inherit;" title="Association of American Medical Colleges">Association of</a><span style="letter-spacing: 0.08px;"> </span><a href="https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/hospitals-innovate-amid-dire-nursing-shortages" style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.08px; text-decoration: inherit;" title="Association of American Medical Colleges">American Medical Colleges</a><span style="letter-spacing: 0.08px;"> article.</span></p><h3 style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0,33,70,var(--text-opacity)); font-family: "Alga Semi Bold"; font-size: 32px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">2. Focus on behavioral health</span></h3><p style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(68,68,68,var(--text-opacity)); font-family: "Helvetica Now Text Regular"; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Elaine Smith, EdD, MS, MBA, dean of the College of Nursing and Public Health at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, expects in the coming year to see a tremendous focus on behavioral and mental health concerns.</p><p style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(68,68,68,var(--text-opacity)); font-family: "Helvetica Now Text Regular"; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.08px;">Nurses, other healthcare workers and people, in general, have experienced depression and anxiety. Long-term effects in children are not known, Smith added.</span></p><p style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(68,68,68,var(--text-opacity)); font-family: "Helvetica Now Text Regular"; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">“Psychiatric nurse practitioners will be incredibly valuable moving forward in the care of people post-pandemic,” Smith said. </p><p style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(68,68,68,var(--text-opacity)); font-family: "Helvetica Now Text Regular"; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: "Alga Semi Bold"; font-size: 32px; font-weight: bolder;">3. More nurses traveling</span></p><div><span style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Read More at <a href="https://www.americanmobile.com/nursezone/nursing-news/nursing-trends-2022/" target="_blank">Nursing News</a></span></div>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-58956753001545613012022-03-15T13:20:00.008+00:002022-03-15T17:16:33.817+00:00A Call for a More Balanced Approach to Family Presence During a Public Health Emergency<p style="text-align: center;"><b> <span style="background-color: white;">What would you want for your family?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a data-caption="" href="https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?ssl=1" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color; transition-timing-function: linear;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-fusion-400 wp-image-31546" data-attachment-id="31546" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="patient NCI image" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?fit=875%2C583&ssl=1" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?fit=875%2C583&ssl=1" data-orig-size="875,583" data-permalink="https://ajnoffthecharts.com/a-call-for-a-more-balanced-approach-to-family-presence-during-a-public-health-emergency/patient-nci-image/" height="267" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" src="https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?resize=400%2C267&ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?resize=150%2C100&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?resize=200%2C133&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?resize=400%2C267&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/ajnoffthecharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/patient-NCI-image.jpg?fit=875%2C583&ssl=1 875w" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-left: 15px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top;" width="400" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px;">Nine years ago, AJN published a Viewpoint article asserting the essential role of family caregivers. The article featured an elderly woman recuperating in a hospital, her daughter at her bedside planning for discharge with the care team. The authors argued that family engagement creates the foundation for safer care, better patient outcomes, and greater efficiency for nurses.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Open Sans;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The same patient’s experience would likely have been very different during the Covid pandemic, especially during the intermittent surges over the past two years. The patient would be alone in the hospital, her daughter’s assurances communicated through a digital tablet. Overstretched nurses would provide updates to the family over the phone. Discharge education would occur through a car window moments before the patient’s daughter drove her home, feeling unprepared for what came next.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Open Sans;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">COVID-19’s highly transmissible properties have complicated the family engagement equation. Over the past two years, hospitals and nursing homes have enacted, eased up on, and then reinstated visitation bans, at times leaving questions as to whether restrictions implemented to reduce disease spread may be more detrimental than beneficial.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px;">Read more at </span><a href="https://ajnoffthecharts.com/a-call-for-a-more-balanced-approach-to-family-presence-during-a-public-health-emergency/" style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">Off the Charts</a></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-46059040173618889452021-12-10T12:56:00.001+00:002021-12-10T13:47:01.592+00:009 Habits That The World's Healthiest & Longest-Lived People Share<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0s9gCMtxo4bbfRxtztl3-5BaOsKn6r0x5WjxeOevnpHuWg5VcoWrVbKHzvcV3JMzdsGmh4lgfWh1fYBJumm5Ubf-wzQG8FJfethbZupQnI8ZvDlrCvAFBJZJiwKlP3dX2q9MYga-3zxk7yObIz9HvcpEHLLBm6Eegrt_jlfFTKwgcXixUJqVIYZL0=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0s9gCMtxo4bbfRxtztl3-5BaOsKn6r0x5WjxeOevnpHuWg5VcoWrVbKHzvcV3JMzdsGmh4lgfWh1fYBJumm5Ubf-wzQG8FJfethbZupQnI8ZvDlrCvAFBJZJiwKlP3dX2q9MYga-3zxk7yObIz9HvcpEHLLBm6Eegrt_jlfFTKwgcXixUJqVIYZL0=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />About 20 years ago, working for National Geographic, and with a grant from the National Institute on Aging, I started identifying and studying the longest-lived people, those who are in what we called the world's Blue Zones. These are people who have eluded heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and several types of cancer. <p></p><p><br /></p><p>My goal, in a sense, was to reverse-engineer longevity. Since only about 20% of the average person's life span is dictated by genes, I reasoned that if I could find the common denominators among people who've achieved the health outcomes we want, I might distill some pretty good lessons for the rest of us to follow. I discovered nine powerful lessons—the power nine—that underpin all five Blue Zones. Here they are: </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Move naturally.</p><p>2. Find purpose.</p><p>3. Downshift.</p><p>4. Follow the 80% rule.</p><p>5. Eat mostly plants.</p><p>6. Drink wine at 5.</p><p>7. Find belonging.</p><p>8. Put loved ones first.</p><p>9. Find the right community.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/habits-that-worlds-longest-lived-people-share" target="_blank">Read More from MGB Health</a></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-88416820401791763152021-12-07T14:41:00.004+00:002021-12-07T14:41:54.401+00:00Effects of meditation therapy on fear of disease progress and mental health among acute myocardial infarction patients<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZdsb9AtIPd_OGNRxEVCECx8tKCTfM3ZLpHXqhMh3rPuwIz_PvhliAammCW6QiWMqMSF6GkuAswon1F6x-KnNPqiQZ_H2ixQ_oPSv_LUGQmSYrIpSIeQKEfoeKAaB0TE0GAxlnhpUpPg/s640/meditation.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="522" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZdsb9AtIPd_OGNRxEVCECx8tKCTfM3ZLpHXqhMh3rPuwIz_PvhliAammCW6QiWMqMSF6GkuAswon1F6x-KnNPqiQZ_H2ixQ_oPSv_LUGQmSYrIpSIeQKEfoeKAaB0TE0GAxlnhpUpPg/w163-h200/meditation.png" width="163" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>Abstract</b></p><p>Objective: To investigate the effects of meditation therapy on fear of disease progress and mental health among acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. Methods: Totally, 120 cases of acute myocardial infarction patients admitted to Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University were divided into experimental group and control group according to the enrolled time. 60 patients with AMI treated from June to November 2018 served as the control group and 60 patients with AMI treated from January to May 2019 served as the experimental group. The patients in the control group received routine nursing, the experimental group carried out 4-week meditation therapy based on the routine nursing. Before and after intervention, the effect was assessed by Fear of Progression Questionnaire- ................................</p><p> <b>Conclusion:</b> Meditation therapy can effectively decrease disease progress and promote mental health in patients with acute myocardial infarction. </p><p><br /></p><p>Read more at <span style="background-color: white; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: nexus-sans, arial, helvetica, "lucida sans unicode", "microsoft sans serif", "segoe ui symbol", stixgeneral, "cambria math", "arial unicode ms", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">DOI </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: nexus-sans, arial, helvetica, "lucida sans unicode", "microsoft sans serif", "segoe ui symbol", stixgeneral, "cambria math", "arial unicode ms", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">10.3760/cma.j.cn211501-20200929-04054</span></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-68505393721064215122021-12-06T12:10:00.003+00:002021-12-06T12:10:53.306+00:00Covid: Cardiff mum trains to become nurse after husband's death<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DegXNweJOLomX41fpQ4fTx4kaA_7S-U9oCX-B63YxfnqO1Ub88adWM_dzgFJM11ptxhqKrDP5KLV8QTcIY95WQ3fGAF1MSyZi5OAeS-CKLzdlr-FhRWDcrp4UlKneFZ0piIfocxGK9Q/s1280/doctor-g569411eae_1280.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DegXNweJOLomX41fpQ4fTx4kaA_7S-U9oCX-B63YxfnqO1Ub88adWM_dzgFJM11ptxhqKrDP5KLV8QTcIY95WQ3fGAF1MSyZi5OAeS-CKLzdlr-FhRWDcrp4UlKneFZ0piIfocxGK9Q/w200-h200/doctor-g569411eae_1280.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><b class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3f3f42; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A mum-of-three whose husband died with Covid wants to become a nurse after seeing the "compassion" he was shown in hospital. (Nov 16)</b><p></p><div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3f3f42; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rachel Ohene-Adjei's husband, Eric, 46, died in April after seven weeks in intensive care at University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3f3f42; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rachel said a consultant held her hand as she said goodbye to her husband.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3f3f42; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She has started studying GCSE maths and English again on the road to her new career.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-59291058" target="_blank">Read more at BBC News</a></p></div></div>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-2663312730808360942021-12-06T10:59:00.012+00:002021-12-06T11:01:54.018+00:00Dementia breakthrough: The daily food to eat that 'strongly' reduces the risk of decline<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6wnxTD3jOkW1c6I_oYxMUkTlWfVloqcphYL1xhQqr_K5PTzKdE9qASRBG5xRNiCYgskC9TB4xzr2YR7WPY2jOJ7x9WALmK45HqGfqSsSKYbsn6LsRr6VefCDhLlEb96KqB9jsYUKKCs/s320/cheese-g188de1dc5_1280sm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="320" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6wnxTD3jOkW1c6I_oYxMUkTlWfVloqcphYL1xhQqr_K5PTzKdE9qASRBG5xRNiCYgskC9TB4xzr2YR7WPY2jOJ7x9WALmK45HqGfqSsSKYbsn6LsRr6VefCDhLlEb96KqB9jsYUKKCs/s0/cheese-g188de1dc5_1280sm.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Libre Franklin", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">THE THREAT of dementia looms large across the rich world, with people living longer than ever before. Fortunately, research continues to suggest brain decline can be frustrated, if not prevented. A recent study suggests a daily intake of a particular food is "strongly" predictive of a reduced risk.</span></div><div>............</div><div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Libre Franklin", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">Greater age-related FI decline increases Alzheimer’s disease risk, and recent studies suggest that certain dietary regimens may influence rates of decline.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Libre Franklin", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">However, it is uncertain how long-term food consumption affects FI among adults with or without familial history of Alzheimer's.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Libre Franklin", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">To fill in the gaps, researchers in the study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease examined how the total diet is associated with long-term cognition among mid-to-late-life populations at-risk and not-at-risk for Alzheimer's.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Libre Franklin", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">Among 1,787 mid-to-late-aged adult UK Biobank participants, 10-year FI trajectories were modelled and mapped onto dietary decisions based on self-reported intake of 49 whole foods from a Food Frequency Questionnaire.</p></div><div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Libre Franklin", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">UK Biobank is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource, containing in-depth genetic and health information from half a million UK participants.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Libre Franklin", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">After conducting their analysis, researchers found daily cheese intake "strongly" predicted better FI trajectory scores over time...</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Libre Franklin", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;"><a href="https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1528831/dementia-symptoms-alzheimers-daily-cheese-intake-risk" target="_blank">Read more at Express.co.uk</a></p></div>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-41920314826603298412021-12-06T10:47:00.009+00:002021-12-06T10:50:47.566+00:00Dementia: Common over-the-counter medication linked to '44 percent' increased risk<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaxGo4p1a91L-u-vWKiYKAL3Pec9paAP9y_AsNpD-0NKZ1cSfkWjmrwcIU44nsmXJR47ykSryZViDST661M77SvzgvzKrMiG2j0c3CPQyYaIp1iL1kKIgg37tjb-OXoaQvHLm-yWBKw8/s1920/dementia-gb84538366_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1920" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaxGo4p1a91L-u-vWKiYKAL3Pec9paAP9y_AsNpD-0NKZ1cSfkWjmrwcIU44nsmXJR47ykSryZViDST661M77SvzgvzKrMiG2j0c3CPQyYaIp1iL1kKIgg37tjb-OXoaQvHLm-yWBKw8/w400-h129/dementia-gb84538366_1920.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: "Libre Franklin", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">DEMENTIA risk could rise by a whopping 44 percent if you take certain over-the-counter medication. Express.co.uk / Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD.</h3><div><div class="text-description" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Libre Franklin", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; transform: none;"><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">"Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a medication to help reduce acid reflux," said Dr Glenville. "They are now thought to increase the risk of developing <a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" href="https://www.express.co.uk/latest/dementia" style="border: 0px; color: #ff000d; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transform: none;">dementia</a> by 44 percent because they increase the level of beta-amyloid in the brain." Experts at the Alzheimer's Association described beta-amyloid as a "microscopic brain protein". The amyloid hypothesis is that the sticky compound accumulates in the brains of dementia patients, disrupting communication between brain cells.</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">The Alzheimer's Society added: "According to the amyloid hypothesis, these stages of beta-amyloid aggregation disrupt cell-to-cell communication and activate immune cells.</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">"These immune cells trigger inflammation. Ultimately, the brain cells are destroyed."</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">Dr Glenville warned there are "several" other over-the-counter medicine that could have an impact on the way the brain works.</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;">Anticholinergics – found in treatments for colds, flu, heartburn, and sleep problems – "block the chemical acetylcholine that your body needs to transmit electrical impulses between nerve cells".</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 25px 0px; padding: 0px; transform: none;"><a href="https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1528022/dementia-risk-medication-proton-pump-inhibitors" target="_blank">Read More at Express.co.uk</a></p></div></div>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-7888074899899334852021-12-06T10:30:00.002+00:002021-12-06T10:30:15.162+00:00‘It’s like a miracle’: The man who may be the first person cured of type 1 diabetes<div><br /><div class="article_bodycopy" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 40px; position: relative;"><p class="no_name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AeUBlC5vWfAkP7GgzF_pAPF2snCE9ZHl9djcPjCf5QHR1bY0F2zEdzJh6TnmINLvB0_VLH0GyKsa1ilh_7mJ55KQj_rzwprWg9oqp9koHe1EZRIHfzsJ-SsUoQ8BxaAk7SoxWrZPMrM/s769/Diabetes+story+61221.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="769" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AeUBlC5vWfAkP7GgzF_pAPF2snCE9ZHl9djcPjCf5QHR1bY0F2zEdzJh6TnmINLvB0_VLH0GyKsa1ilh_7mJ55KQj_rzwprWg9oqp9koHe1EZRIHfzsJ-SsUoQ8BxaAk7SoxWrZPMrM/w200-h121/Diabetes+story+61221.PNG" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><div class="shareTools" id="share_gutter" style="color: #515151; float: left; font-size: 16px; margin: 6px 10px 10px 0px; width: 28px;"><div class="addthis_sharing_toolbox share-container" style="display: table; float: left; position: relative;"><div class="more-button--wrapper" style="float: left; height: 40px; width: 40px;"><a class="more-button social-icons-More" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 100% !important; border: 1px solid rgb(198, 198, 198); color: #c6c6c6; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: social-icons; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 28px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px !important; max-height: 28px; max-width: 28px; opacity: 0.8; overflow: visible; speak: none; width: 28px;"><br /> </a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="beacon" style="color: #515151; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; height: 754px; position: absolute; text-align: left;"> </div></div><p class="no_name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Brian Shelton’s life was ruled by type 1 diabetes. When his blood sugar plummeted, he would lose consciousness without warning. He crashed his motorcycle into a wall. He passed out in a customer’s yard while delivering mail. Following that episode, his supervisor told him to retire, after a quarter-century in the <a class="search" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/topics/topics-7.1213540?article=true&tag_organisation=US+Postal+Service" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #23517a; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none;">US Postal Service</a>. He was 57.</p><p class="no_name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">His ex-wife, <a class="search" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/topics/topics-7.1213540?article=true&tag_person=Cindy+Shelton" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #23517a; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Cindy Shelton</a>, took him into her home in <a class="search" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/topics/topics-7.1213540?article=true&tag_location=Elyria" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #23517a; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Elyria</a>, <a class="search" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/topics/topics-7.1213540?article=true&tag_location=Ohio" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #23517a; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Ohio</a>. “I was afraid to leave him alone all day,” she said. Early this year, she spotted a call for people with type 1 diabetes to participate in a clinical trial by <a class="search" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/topics/topics-7.1213540?article=true&tag_company=Vertex" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #23517a; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Vertex</a> Pharmaceuticals. The company was testing a treatment developed over decades by a scientist who vowed to find a cure after his baby son and then his teenage daughter got the disease.</p></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/it-s-like-a-miracle-the-man-who-may-be-the-first-person-cured-of-type-1-diabetes-1.4742846" target="_blank">Read more at the Irish Times</a></div>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-22607560748199260912021-09-09T14:55:00.002+01:002021-09-09T14:55:11.997+01:00Supplements offer ‘significant’ gains for Alzheimer sufferers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXrigNmfMXz7pBFtrCZjYccnK-UoZnojF6LqAINbe2IePieZeVi98xnLDAU0W96MPs4Q7zdFST5UOeV8tsFPIzMgH8-PO_5XThW7Kdt6T5KuKBV266bkoUsAxie5s_rOPJihtXOyqhh4/s620/Alzimersstock+photo+Irish+times.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="620" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXrigNmfMXz7pBFtrCZjYccnK-UoZnojF6LqAINbe2IePieZeVi98xnLDAU0W96MPs4Q7zdFST5UOeV8tsFPIzMgH8-PO_5XThW7Kdt6T5KuKBV266bkoUsAxie5s_rOPJihtXOyqhh4/s320/Alzimersstock+photo+Irish+times.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px;">The first trial of its kind on the impact of nutritional supplements on people with Alzheimer’s disease has shown significant improvements in patient mood, ability to function and memory, a conference has heard.</span><p></p><p class="no_name" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Prof John Nolan of the Nutrition Research Centre Ireland (NRCI) at Waterford Institute of Technology said the findings are “significant” for treatment of the condition. Prof Nolan co-led the two-year study mainly in the southeast of Ireland.</p><p class="no_name" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">“This is not a silver bullet, but this is really important,” he told The Irish Times.</p><p class="no_name" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">“We are spending billions of euro on medicines that don’t work in Alzheimer’s disease. We have to use this information now. It is not going to fix this disease but can it help with the symptoms of the disease.”</p><p class="no_name" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><br /></p><p class="no_name" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/supplements-offer-significant-gains-for-alzheimer-sufferers-1.4668607" target="_blank">Read more at the Irish Times</a></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-43716954826171534342021-09-01T15:09:00.002+01:002021-09-01T15:09:47.095+01:00September is Yoga Month<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTwqPQXMgO3xryBJLJxvwxS3Af4JNKmWp9KSrPsazRiDEryYnjFWHMIPDmIhZOJaJEd4aSrjqktt0b6sHJH3HlfP2W2EloSxq3WBQpSZXoTt9z3uMa4e_yZmPpU9lxIaKHn8q7JahHEA/s640/yoga1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTwqPQXMgO3xryBJLJxvwxS3Af4JNKmWp9KSrPsazRiDEryYnjFWHMIPDmIhZOJaJEd4aSrjqktt0b6sHJH3HlfP2W2EloSxq3WBQpSZXoTt9z3uMa4e_yZmPpU9lxIaKHn8q7JahHEA/s320/yoga1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Yoga is an ancient and complex
practice, rooted in Indian philosophy. It began as a spiritual practice but has
become popular as a way of promoting physical and mental well-being. There are
many different yoga styles, ranging from gentle practices to physically
demanding ones. Differences in the types of yoga used in research studies may
affect study results. This makes it challenging to evaluate research on the
health effects of yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Research suggests that yoga may:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Help improve general wellness by relieving stress,
supporting good health habits, and improving mental/emotional health,
sleep, and balance.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Relieve low-back pain and neck pain, and possibly pain
from tension-type headaches and knee osteoarthritis.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Help people who are overweight or obese lose weight.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Help people quit smoking.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Help people manage anxiety or depressive symptoms
associated with difficult life situations.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Relieve menopause symptoms.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Help people with chronic diseases manage their symptoms
and improve their quality of life.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Find out more about the health
effects of yoga and get tips on how to practice yoga safely from our “Yoga for
Health” eBook.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health-info/yoga-for-health-ebook?nav=govd" target="_blank">Download Yoga for Health eBook from NCCIH</a></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-39577632646572869232021-08-31T12:25:00.002+01:002021-08-31T12:25:40.813+01:00Scientific innovations harness noise and acoustics for healing<p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95); color: #252525; font-family: minion-pro, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 22.4px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAtJ5SXwYGhxpY1apIWVkxW4KeEmtRIp8G_wg1R8g5hryQDdpJbTF6AzRCPz9O8WMJIas55xgLKGGVMHO8X8VuqtUEfJYbX9T1SlQ_nceWDL7zWUk-nLuQm3h9ommGXQ25BjdcjvZhw8/s640/sound+healing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAtJ5SXwYGhxpY1apIWVkxW4KeEmtRIp8G_wg1R8g5hryQDdpJbTF6AzRCPz9O8WMJIas55xgLKGGVMHO8X8VuqtUEfJYbX9T1SlQ_nceWDL7zWUk-nLuQm3h9ommGXQ25BjdcjvZhw8/s320/sound+healing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />From the original stethoscope, invented more than 200 years ago, to the fleeting chirp of gravitational waves, sound has reverberated throughout the history of technological and scientific advances.<p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95); color: #252525; font-family: minion-pro, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 22.4px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95); box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: minion-pro, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">Today, the role of sound in science extends beyond the range of audible frequencies: Ultrasonic and other silent acoustic waves have made their way into researchers’ repertoire, helping them push the boundaries of conventional medicine and research. </p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95); box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: minion-pro, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">In examples from four Stanford labs, scientists are investigating the full spectrum, harnessing the nuances of noise and the power of acoustics to generate inventive, if not unexpected, technologies that show just how potent the combination of sound and science can be.</p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95); box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: minion-pro, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95); box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: minion-pro, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://stanmed.stanford.edu/listening/innovations-helping-harness-sound-acoustics-healing.html?fbclid=IwAR3g-N05VpbdASN6YqVnp-Zi-zaacZSyJ68ApUBfc2iui4UvkUid8XTf2As" target="_blank">Read more at Standford Medicine</a></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-23435343447350626032021-03-08T14:30:00.002+00:002021-03-08T14:30:23.865+00:0024 inspiring women (you might not know of) who are changing the world<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDWxc_S_AtpQkbFra_e8sw0zK-Prf0rkhppBkT5Vb8DnHelHdniN0rlfZd2QN5p3mxHHg2hbAJzP4xG-BRW-7DFmc6QSVaYGExOPcnqPj6qt-aB_wTtMVb1YII_59Or3kDSkBvJ74lYc/s640/womans+day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDWxc_S_AtpQkbFra_e8sw0zK-Prf0rkhppBkT5Vb8DnHelHdniN0rlfZd2QN5p3mxHHg2hbAJzP4xG-BRW-7DFmc6QSVaYGExOPcnqPj6qt-aB_wTtMVb1YII_59Or3kDSkBvJ74lYc/s320/womans+day.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; white-space: nowrap;">Image by </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/users/caniceus-15612619/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=5271770" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; white-space: nowrap;">Jeyaratnam Caniceus</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; white-space: nowrap;"> from </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=5271770" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; white-space: nowrap;">Pixabay</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />To mark International Women’s Day, we’re shining a light on 24 inspiring women who may have escaped your radar. From food to foreign policy, and from electronics to economics, they’re all changing the world by working on solutions</p><p>1. <b>Clare Courtney and Karolina Koścień of Heart & Parcel</b></p><p>Manchester-based Heart & Parcel brings women together to cook and pick up English language skills in the process. With the support of more than 70 volunteers, the women prepare dishes that are then sold (in non-Covid times) at markets and supper clubs. Heart & Parcel was founded by Clare Courtney and Karolina Koścień: friends with a love of food and the connections and relationships that surround it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The team has adapted during lockdown, including to set up a YouTube channel full of English language resources and recipe videos from its recently published cookbook. It is also holding an online festival to mark International Women’s Day.</p><p><a href="https://www.positive.news/society/inspiring-women-who-are-changing-the-world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read more at Positive.News</a></p><p><br /></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-37344136906898650112021-03-08T13:27:00.003+00:002021-03-08T13:27:21.923+00:00Immunity from Covid-19 lasts up to six months after infection – Hiqa<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBa25GhCLC-MOyRKSeteMsB4MbK572u9YCw2_3m_DK_Kyyt5ofrAkk7OuhsEdEyn4XWrXt2Q-etTrr2UNIUzlvTNJ69tET5O9VGW8TCM4AGq2lGBsn7IbLvxbZs04yWvZPDMLNKAwetQ/s640/Mask+covid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBa25GhCLC-MOyRKSeteMsB4MbK572u9YCw2_3m_DK_Kyyt5ofrAkk7OuhsEdEyn4XWrXt2Q-etTrr2UNIUzlvTNJ69tET5O9VGW8TCM4AGq2lGBsn7IbLvxbZs04yWvZPDMLNKAwetQ/s320/Mask+covid.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Immunity after Covid-19 infection can last up to six months, the State’s health watchdog has advised.<p></p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">This is twice the 12-week period that currently applies as guidance in <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #23517a; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Ireland</a>.</p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Post-infection guidance for close contacts should be extended to six months in line with the new evidence, according to the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa).</p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Hiqa’s recommendation will be considered by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet), which had asked it to review the international evidence and expert opinion on the issue.</p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">The studies Hiqa examined were conducted prior to last December. Since then, new variants of Sars-CoV-2 have been found and the vaccine rollout has begun.</p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><br /></p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/immunity-from-covid-19-lasts-up-to-six-months-after-infection-hiqa-1.4504198" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More on the Irish Times Website</a></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-89851381569230623612021-03-08T13:20:00.003+00:002021-03-08T13:20:42.656+00:00Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Information and Guidance<p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMTIX90Vu5Z_Z4zp6pNJ6sRZ8EGlNK5VxOUNKImHDJS4kt74cnJ6OiNXueTVcq9YlyOsjRS-jqmkOCHVf9ZHokcQhuwh3LwZ3aCe2nopJmTdYaP7NYdqrAm7di_pDZKfrRtFpdavO_og/s474/NMBI.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMTIX90Vu5Z_Z4zp6pNJ6sRZ8EGlNK5VxOUNKImHDJS4kt74cnJ6OiNXueTVcq9YlyOsjRS-jqmkOCHVf9ZHokcQhuwh3LwZ3aCe2nopJmTdYaP7NYdqrAm7di_pDZKfrRtFpdavO_og/s320/NMBI.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br />W<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"; font-size: 15.008px;">e are currently balancing the needs of the emergency with our ongoing need to protect the public by upholding nursing and midwifery standards in Ireland. We have created this section to provide information on common questions that have been put to us as the regulator of nurses and midwives in the context of COVID-19.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.008px;"><a href="https://www.nmbi.ie/COVID-19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">See Guidance from NMBI </a></span></span></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-9554837493011805442021-03-08T13:15:00.001+00:002021-03-08T13:15:15.652+00:00Vitamin D: Can the sunshine vitamin help to put Covid in the shade?<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5sFPmdlJ11XRSvGO3EYhA7BCwemV58cPYwrdFySEAUgCF-PGwc2SnphvsdKFXeDsPHhGtjSqFRtjjmVpI1I7-V_A4t6gVl9dtD1PXi4zQK4okOKMhfdjCdhyphenhyphencXeMoF5lw0SthZPKas0/s614/VitD2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5sFPmdlJ11XRSvGO3EYhA7BCwemV58cPYwrdFySEAUgCF-PGwc2SnphvsdKFXeDsPHhGtjSqFRtjjmVpI1I7-V_A4t6gVl9dtD1PXi4zQK4okOKMhfdjCdhyphenhyphencXeMoF5lw0SthZPKas0/s320/VitD2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay </td></tr></tbody></table><br />What would you do if you realised there was a cheap and widely available vitamin that might have the potential to protect us against becoming seriously ill with Covid-19 and help us to fight the virus?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a question that Dr Daniel McCartney, a lecturer in human nutrition and dietetics at the Technological University of Dublin, asked himself last year. His answer was to form the Covit-D Consortium with eight fellow medical professionals and academics from different specialist disciplines including respiratory medicine, immunology, geriatric medicine, endocrinology, biochemistry, molecular medicine, public health and nutrition and dietetics.</p><p><br /></p><p>This group is now calling on the government to recommend a daily dose of 20 to 25 micrograms (mgs) of vitamin D for every Irish adult as a preventative treatment for Covid-19. They also want the government to provide vitamin D supplementation to vulnerable groups such as frontline healthcare workers, those with pre-existing conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure and older adults, especially those living in nursing homes.</p><p><a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-40227683.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read more at the Irish Examiner</a></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-81529400678955456822021-03-02T14:39:00.002+00:002021-03-02T14:45:30.322+00:002 new electronic books now available through AIT library to support the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear all<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please find below details and links (using your AIT single sign on credentials) for two new electronic books
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copy of <a href="https://libsearch.ait.ie/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=93391" target="_blank">Diagnosticand statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5.</a><o:p></o:p></p>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101078926097666.post-59739270582855987642020-11-24T15:53:00.002+00:002020-11-24T15:55:03.785+00:00The effect of a loving-kindness and compassion meditation program on the empathy, emotion, and stress of nursing college students*<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3VBp8VUg79XUyTnPrlGEN9RHvc6ZS0JGWKu9HLkvGVfKdcNweoCOq_cmowhW15L1RjWK1UyAp5lYP_P-XcRFYAbEk028qkHDkK1IhftNAxew_S26-QTX0TCecjF016ycipeQ_qWdc8U/s1920/patient-care-1874746_1920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3VBp8VUg79XUyTnPrlGEN9RHvc6ZS0JGWKu9HLkvGVfKdcNweoCOq_cmowhW15L1RjWK1UyAp5lYP_P-XcRFYAbEk028qkHDkK1IhftNAxew_S26-QTX0TCecjF016ycipeQ_qWdc8U/s320/patient-care-1874746_1920.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3 class="section-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; font-family: Lora, georgia, "Nanum Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0.1651px; margin: 20px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: none;">Conclusion</h3><div id="idm140116866462656" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; font-family: Lora, georgia, "Nanum Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14.0335px; letter-spacing: 0.1651px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: none;">The results indicate that the loving-kindness and compassion meditation program was effective for empathy improvement and stress management of nursing college students.</div></div><br /><p></p><h3 class="PubTitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; clear: both; font-family: Lora, georgia, "Nanum Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1651px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;"><br /></h3><div><a href="https://www.jkasne.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.5977/jkasne.2020.26.3.311" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Read full article </span></b></a></div>AIT Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398862283530766318noreply@blogger.com0