Five Ways a Healthcare Professional Can Overcome a Career Disappointment!
What is your first response to being overlooked for a promotion or interviewing for your dream healthcare position and not getting it? Do you feel sad, angry or distressed? Does it produce a blow to yourself-esteem or do you view it as a reflection that somehow you are not good enough as a professional nurse/healthcare worker?
Five Techniques/Strategies that can help you cope with a career disappointment.
1.If a career setback creates more than a minimal impact on you personally, you might want to take some time for self-care in order to recuperate emotionally. Sometimes all it might take is a rejuvenating weekend with family or friends if you feel they will be supportive. I have a saying about personal relationships: -There is nothing better than a good relationship, but also nothing worse than a bad one-. If you anticipate you might be criticized or put down by certain family members/friends, it might be wise to avoid talking about the issue with them. You don’t need another assault on your self-worth!
2.Other people who may support you emotionally could be members of positive groups, such as those of a supportive church. (I call them my church family). Turning to a spiritual support system or other social group where you feel your self-worth is -fed- can be helpful for some. You might not want to get too specific about the details if you live and work in the same area as some of your group members may know some of the people at your place of employment or a potential employer, but you can ask in general for support due to a personal setback, etc. If you don’t have any of the above positive support systems available, you might consider also working briefly with a good life, career or wellness coach.
3.Sometimes just taking time for self-reflection can help you recover emotionally more quickly. Using a journal can be helpful to sort out your feelings, and can also be healing. I use a simple composition notebook, but some people like a fancy, personalized one. If you live with someone else, even a spouse, you may want to keep your journaling private. There are journals available with locks. I tend to ask myself (my subconscious) questions, such as how I feel about the career disappointment to help me focus. Then I free write the answer. Other people take time early in the morning when they first get up or just before bed to write anything that comes to mind.
4.Another effective technique for some people is just to spend some time communing with nature and/or their concept of something more powerful than themselves. Twelve step members call this their -Higher Power-, while others may use the term -God-. Remembering who we are in our essence may help some with a more spiritual background to deal with a career setback.
5.Taking care of yourself physically can also help you heal. If you tend to eat a lot of sweets for example when you feel stressed, you might want to try a piece of sweet fruit to help satisfy the craving and drink more water which helps to fill you up and also eliminate toxins. In addition, walking more or other gentle aerobic exercise can help release endorphins that can increase an overall feeling of wellbeing.
Whatever way you may choose to heal from the emotional impact of a healthcare career disappointment, viewing it as a -setback- rather than a personal -failure- may help you recover more quickly.
Disappointment is natural in a healthcare professional career, how we respond to it is what matters!
Igbozue Connecticut USA Honors Their Wives in a Family Night Event
On December 13, 2013, Igbozue Connecticut USA held an all night family party. It was an opportunity for the Igbozue men to thank their wives. There were many reasons for these men to do so. It is the women who provided, among other good deeds throughout the unfolding year, hospitable homes when members of the group host monthly meetings.
Igbozue family night is an annual event. This particular event was surprisingly different from earlier ones in three main ways: the event-threatening snow, the big fat cake from ‘IWAC’ and the win or lose anxiety of the raffle.
Igbozue Connecticut USA is a non for profit organization that encourages social interaction among the Igbos- one of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria.
The men presented their token gifts and the women received them in full admiration. In an all out display of gratitude, the women danced glowingly in a way that only Igbo men would understand.
IWAC, Igbo Women Association of Connecticut which is the female counterpart of Igbozue Connecticut, had something under wraps for one of their members who had retired and is about to move. They wanted to honor her with a gift. Halfway through the party, it was still a toss-up if the recipient will show up.
Then bingo, she showed up. The dancing crowd went wilder as the Dj played ‘Udor Akpuenyi’ (one cannot pull an elephant on a leash) by Sunny Bobo.
Not familiar with the rhythm of the music, children danced exuberantly in missteps while the oldies danced in measured steps to the beat and lyrics.
The Honoree, Professor Omaa Chukwurah, is a founding member of IWAC. Many misty eyes and cracked voices emerged as peers gave testimonies and recounted their interactions with her. Then it was time to devour the cake.
The indefatigable DJ, Joe Anyafulu had the music right. He delivered soul and highlife music that made guests dance most of the night.
Attendees said that it was a party to remember. Men bantered and laughed heartily while women held conversation and smiled. What started as a shaky night later became one of the organizations most memorable Christmas events.
The raffle generated lots of excitement. There were five winners. Mrs. Eneh won the first prize of a Godiva gift basket containing gourmet chocolate bar and glass tea cups. Mrs. Lolo Anna Okonkwo won a Christmas wreath. The Oredo family from Stamford won a set of Wild-Eye table knives and spoons and the fourth prize, ‘How Broccoli Head Lost Thirty Pounds’, went to Mrs. Pat Anekwe.
The event took place at the executive-inn and suite in Meriden Connecticut. It began at 8 pm with the breaking of the kola nuts, ended at 12.30 A.M with a toast of Champaign. Members came in from different places within the state of Connecticut. A guest came from as far as Stamford. My spouse and I came from Sandy Hook.
Food and drink were plentiful. On the dinner tables were the usual suspects of goat meat, bitter leaf soup, fried plantain, jollof rice, moi-moi, roasted fish, chicken and rice. There was salad for the health-conscious attendees.
The President of the association, Mr. Polycarp Okeke was thankful to participants and praised them for supporting the group despite the bad weather and he reminded guests to drive home safely.
[Top]How To Choose A Family Dentist In Cincinnati
Are you suffering from tooth decay or oral hygiene and looking for someone who can help you to gain mesmerizing smile. The article will through light on some basic and detail information about choosing a good family dentist, but you want to choose the best tooth doctor you can possibly find. Searching a good dental practitioner near your locality is not a big deal. You need to be little aware and a good searcher to find good Dentist in Cincinnati.
The first port of call when searching for a good dentist is to look at how they present themselves to the public. A flashy dental practitioner who has his smiling face plastered over every billboard in the city is probably not going to be a very good family tooth doctor. Somebody who spends all their time presenting themselves to the public will have very little time dedicated to patient care.
What you should not lend much weight to when making your judgment is the appearance of the practice itself. Making your decision based upon which area of town, how shiny, and how slick the practice is is not a wise decision as even the worst dental practitioner can cover up his or her poor dental work and care with a new coat of paint in the waiting room. What your concern should be is the dentist as a professional.
Next, you should try and find some of the dentists current patients. A quick interview with them can easily tell you exactly what a tooth doctor is like. If its possible to ascertain if they have had any dental work carried out by the dental practitioner then it can also be a telltale sign of a good or bad tooth doctor. A good tooth doctor will have their work last for years and years before it has to be looked at again.
If you have any need for dental work yourself, though, then asking the dentist about possible treatment options is another way that you can use to tell a good from a bad dental practitioner. The good tooth doctor will happily tell you about every possible option on the market. The bad dentist will either choose the easiest treatment option for him or the most expensive treatment option for you. These dental practitioners should be avoided at all costs.
Also you should beware of a dentist that may offer elaborate and complicated treatment plans on a regular basis, this sort of thing can be gained from talking to current patients, as this is often just a ploy in order to allow the dentist to make your money. More often than not, treatment does not require these intricate plans which cost thousands and thousands of pounds in order to fix simple problems.
Remember, the United States is a private health care system. A private health care system is essentially a business which is why you do on occasion get dental practitioners who will try and extract the most money possible from their patients. A good dentist will rarely, if ever, offer these sorts of treatment plans.
Another sign of a poor dentist is through their use of sedation. This is due to multiple reasons; firstly, it exposes the patient to many unnecessary risks and it also may reveal something about the tooth doctor and his technical skill. Why does the dental practitioner need to use sedation on a routine basis? Is it because they are not confident in their work? Its very possible that they might be and that is not a dentist you want to expose you and your family to.
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