AIT Positive Living Library books

There is a new guide to the AIT library collection of books on popular psychology, self development and healing at http://ait.libguides.com/positiveliving - click here
This collection orders into subject groups to allow focused searching of your area of interest. These books are available in the Main library and also in the Health library.
Don't forget these books are available for extended loans over the holidays periods also 

How to Carry on When You Have Nothing Left

“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change” – Heraclitus

If you’ve ever had to start over I understand your pain.

When I was twenty four I had a mental breakdown that took my marriage, house and children with it, leaving me the shell of my former self.

It took a year of hard work to get back on my feet and functioning again to a point where I started to make progress.

Then it happened again. In fact it happened three times in a five year period.

Every time it happened it stripped away everything I had worked hard to get. It took away my desire to want to try to achieve anything ever again. It was downright soul destroying.

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The History of the Nursing Profession Goes Beyond Florence Nightingale A Look at Suzanne Aubert

Born to French bourgeois parents who considered a good marriage should be the pinnacle of their daughter’s achievements, Suzanne Aubert was a rebel. To her family’s horror, she wished to be both a nun and a nurse. In 1854, working alongside Florence Nightingale, she tended Crimea War veterans, gaining a reputation for bone-setting and pharmacology. In 1860, she ran away … to New Zealand where she nursed society’s outcasts, ostracized Maoris, and those deemed ’Incurables’, finally founding a religious order now known as “The Sisters of Compassion”.

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The Dangers Of Sleep Deprivation – And What It Means For Nurses

Sleep deprivation is a real problem in America. Americans are getting less sleep than ever – approximately 6.8 hours on average, according to bettersleep.org. This is below the recommended physician average of 7-8 hours of sleep per day.

The statistics behind the truly sleep deprived are even more shocking – approximately 30 percent of American adults are sleep deprived, according to Medical Daily. Many Americans simply cannot get enough sleep due to the demands of their jobs, families, and other factors.

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5 Cats Who Understand Nurses

When I was studying for the NCLEX

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Shocking' figures show people get a third of recommended exercise levels

Irish people are lagging behind when it comes to exercise, as most of us get less than a third of the recommended amount of activity.

New research shows the average person in this country gets just 48 minutes of exercise per week.

The National Guidelines for Physical Activity recommends that people should undertake at least 150 minutes of activity per week, made up of at least 30 minutes of moderate activity, five times a week.

The study, commissioned by Aramark, surveyed more than 2,000 people across the UK and Ireland.

Read Article from Irish Independent Newpaper 

Talks have got under way in a bid to avert industrial action by nurses

Talks have got under way in a bid to avert industrial action by nurses across the health service over staff shortages from next month.
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Officials from the Department of Health and the HSE met with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) yesterday to discuss demands for an improved package to incentive nurses to apply for jobs here.
The union said hundreds of jobs remained unfilled with serious implications for patient care and existing staff burnout.
INMO chief Liam Doran said that HSE management would bring draft proposals to the union on January 20, while both sides would meet for face-to-face talks three days later.
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Are Coincidences More Than Coincidental? A Physician Shares a Compelling Story

27 Doctors Collaborate On A New Book Detailing Miraculous Physician Experiences

Have you ever had a moment where you were pondering a problem when suddenly an announcer on the radio started to discuss some approaches to that very dilemma.  My wife, Joan, who is more attuned to spiritual matters, was sewing at home when she suddenly had to jump into her car and hurry to the grade school where my son, Nathan, was just being led to the nursing station with a severe asthma attack.

Just yesterday I was going through a desk drawer looking for a schedule when a scrap of paper literally popped out of the drawer.  Written on the paper was the name of my old college roommate and his phone number which I had recorded on that yellowed sheet many years before.  We had lost contact with each other in the press of everyday life but I felt an urgency to contact him. When I did, I quickly learned why.  He was suffering from cancer and his chemotherapy had just stopped working.  I learned that he needed to talk seriously with a trusted old friend and physician about his options. Do coincidences like these happen in our daily lives more frequently than we might realize?

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The Mindful Nurse

The Mindful Nurse is the go-to-website for nurses who want to use mindfulness and compassion to improve their own self-care as well as the quality of care they provide to others

Learn more and also mindfulness resources 

The Four Greatest Psychological Discoveries of 2016

Yes, you have had a lot to deal with in 2016. Your job, your family, your finances, and the election, to name a few.

While your attention has been focused on all of these personal and societal challenges, scientists have been working behind the scenes to learn what you can do to become happier and healthier in 2017 and beyond.

Here are four impactful studies that offer valuable information that can guide your decisions and focus in the coming year

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How exercise is the latest 'wonder drug' that all doctors should prescribe

It's hailed as the "wonder drug" of 2017 that all doctors should prescribe - and it's free.

Exercise is hard to beat for its power to not just prevent but also treat illness.

It is possible to walk your way to better health, according a group of experts on the physical activity policy group of the Royal College of Physicians.

Co-chair of the group, Professor Sean Gaine, a specialist in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, said they were urging fellow doctors to "engage with patients to increase their levels of physical activity, through advice, prescription and referral".

The impressive long-term benefits include:

- A 30pc risk reduction in deaths from any cause;

- Reduced chance of heart disease, stroke and cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, breast and colon cancer;

- 29pc-30pc less risk of depression;

- 30pc lower risk of falls in elderly;

- 36pc-68pc reduced risk of hip fracture.

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