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Some of the best days imaginable are part of spring here in Arizona. New beginnings. Growth. Stirring. Realizations.
It has been a pretty fun and hectic few weeks for me. Met with $13 billion electronics design & manufacturing group out of Asia. They want to move into health-electronics (they make million x 25 laptops annually among other things). But they want to do it the old, 20th century way, which did not suit my thinking (shocker, I know).
And cell phones came up again and again over five days -- ways to save MILLIONS and build jobs and, most importantly, improve care. We have everything we need, we just need to open our eyes and begin with a new approach.
And GE and Intel shook hands 4/2 on a home health partnership (thanks Kerry). How many billions will that create?
And that's it really. The beginning of electronics ubiquitously integrated into every facet of our lives, health included. Like the automobile that 25 years ago did not need an electrical engineer in the design room (today you have to have a computer and engineering degree to change the oil!). Soon, every facet of our day will involve a transistor and a sensor and some communication facilitation. After that, we (us humans) are up for an upgrade...
Happy Friday, DaN
PS It is also the "time" for us, our "crowd," to "begin" taking control of our destiny. We can, and we will. See the Tidbit below...
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April is Humor Month
Debbie Harbinson BSN, (MHI Class of 2009), RN, Certified Laughter Leader
Have you laughed today? Current research and ancient wisdom recognize this as a very important question to ask yourself daily for overall health and wellbeing. Begin a wellness plan to 'prevent hardening of the attitudes' in April the Humor Month, which starts on April Fool's Day (www.humormonth.com) and continue by celebrating 2009 Happy Mirthday! on May 3 which is World Laughter Day (www.laughterfoundation.org). Perhaps the search for your inner mirth takes you on a journey of learning to tell jokes, reading the comics, initiating a comedy film festival, or expressing your humor to others through word play such as 'Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest'.
As a registered nurse, I have long valued laughter as an essential tool to connect with patients and decrease their anxiety, as well as a strategy to improve my own mood during stressful situations. As long as no one is in a state of shock, or in the very midst of tragedy, humor and laughter can lighten the circumstances and allow for a fresh approach to the situation (Klein, 1998). As proposed by Dr. O. Carl Simonton, "when you're depressed, the whole body is depressed, and it translates to the cellular level. The first objective is to get your energy up, and you can do it through play. It is one of the most powerful ways of breaking up hopelessness and bringing energy into the situation (McGhee, 1994, p.61).
Laughter changes the energy between people, develops relationships, and unites them with the universal sounds of Ho! Ho!, Ha! Ha! and Hee! Hee! One of the more subtle benefits of laughter is the fact that we cannot think about anything else when we are laughing. As Milton Berle once observed, 'Laughter is an instant vacation!
The physiological benefits include a healing orchestration of regulatory systems, such as a reduction of cortisol, increased endorphins, enhanced immune system, improved oxygenation through deeper respiration, and increased circulation throughout the body. Research is demonstrating that emotions are an efficient pathway of communication between the mind and body. Remember a time in your life you least felt like laughing, yet for some reason you did; now recall how delicious that experience felt! Additionally, notice the more you practice laughing for no reason, the more habitually you shift into a perspective of appreciation.
I became a Certified Laughter Leader eight years ago through the World Laughter Tour and founded The HA! HA! Spa Laughter Club. During group presentations, I instruct on laughter yoga exercises using basic exercise physiology along with an emphasis on appreciative imagery. The HA! HA! Spa Laughter Club invites you to cultivate your sense of humor and always remember, you do not need a reason to laugh, JUST LAUGH!
Debbie can be reached at Deborah@artfulwellness.com or 623.512.2001
Reference
Klein, A. (1998). The Courage to Laugh: Humor, Hope, and Healing in the
Face of Death and Dying. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.
McGee, P.E (1997). How to Develop Your Sense of Humor: An 8-Step Humor Development Training Program. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
More Laughter Resources
www.aath.org
www.humorproject.com
www.rxlaughter.org
www.humorpower.com
www.chucklechannel
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Tidbit of the Month
DaN wishes he would have been at the conference!
Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this week...as blogged by Francine Hardaway...with Bill O'Reilly speaking...Meat of the section that I enjoyed >> Changing Government through technology - we'll do it for them if they don't want to or won't... O'Reilly's health care example was a site I'm very familiar with from my Health 2.0 work:
PatientsLikeMe, a community of patients started by a family touched by Lou Gehrig's disease that looked out on the web to find treatments. The site now helps not only ALS patients, but also people with other neurologic conditions, as well as mood disorders. Patients self-report what they're doing for their conditions, how it's working, and what side effects they have endured. They crowd-source the treatment of life-changing illnesses and have created a huge clinical trial. The site is five years old now, and 33,000 patients report their progress.
Full Blog:
http://blog.stealthmode.com/2009/04/01/the-power-of-less/
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Take Me Out To The Ballgame!
Cohort Delta Invites you to a Diamondbacks game:
When: Friday, May 29th (The Friday of Immersion)
Time: 6:40pm
Instead of our traditional wine and cheese fest for social hour, we thought we would take advantage of our close parking to the stadium (since we pay to park all day anyhow), and head over for a ballgame at Chase Field.
We aren't looking to get front row seats and pay an arm and leg for them, but we are looking at having a lot of fun! This would be a great opportunity for us to get together with our families, friends, and even prospective students. Please feel free to invite as many friends as you would like, but we do need you to RSVP with numbers so we can decide where best to seat our group. We have several options that we are looking into, but need numbers to know for sure.
If you have not already RSVP'd for the event, please visit our Evite site at:
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=OEBCWNTBJWLKMZDCVZCQ&li=iq&src=email&trk=aei6
Once we get some better idea on numbers, we will be sending an email link that will have information for you to go online and order and pay for your tickets directly! Super Easy! We are hoping to have tickets between $10-$30 depending on if we include food or not.
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Caught reading..
Enjoying the most recent Malcom Gladwell book, OUTLIERS. Some people have called me one of those...
Coolest section for DaN was about airline pilots and "high-power distant" and "low-power distant" cultures. Does that bring back DISC memories? Anyway, I immediately thought of surgeons and physicians and the culture of healthcare. Who dares question Dr. X!?!
Guess what the moral of the chapter was? High-power distant cultures had lots of plane crashes because co-pilots would not venture to express their opinions, concerns or challenge pilots?
Healthcare can learn a lot from aviation in my opinion. No industry has done a better job of avoiding failure and death. They recently realized that "team crew" is better than Mr. God Pilot and are working on better team strategies for flight crews...
What might healthcare take from this?
Top 5 Power Distance Index countries: Brazil, South Korea, Morocco, Mexico and Philippines. I will take this into consideration next time I book a flight...
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Nurse Educator
Evidence-Based Practice
Mentorship Program
Get you students on board! The Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice presents:
Mark you Calendars!!!
Join us July 27th through 30th, 2009
for an exciting 4 day workshop!
Teach your Students all About Evidence-based Practice!!
The Nurse Educator EBP Mentorship Program is intended for all levels of nurse educators in schools of nursing. This is a 4-day immersion program, held on the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Downtown Phoenix campus, designed to prepare faculty to integrate EBP across their nursing curricula. Participants will have didactic and interactive experiences teaching EBP and mentoring others to teach the EBP paradigm and process.
For more information http://nursing.asu.edu/caep/mentorship/nurseeduc.htm
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Pretty please, consider submitting and showing off your stuff! Anyone.
YES ANYONE!
Dan Nienhauser, Editor v2.5
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