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What’s on your plate?
You’ve just finished your workout. Whether you’ve spent a couple of hours or a couple of minutes on it, you don’t want to UNDO it. Here are some tips: –saturated fats should be kept to a minimum...
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Injury, surgery, what about my workout?
You were well on your way to running your first 10K–or maybe you just started a fitness routine. Either way, now you are sidelined with an injury, or perhaps recovering from surgery. You don’t want...
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Hit the pavement or hit the gym–or maybe the DVD player…
What do you have in your house? It’s a worthwhile question. And, it applies to more than storage space, clothes for your favorite charity, or leftovers in the fridge. It is also applicable to your...
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Do I really need a personal trainer?
The short answer may be a “no.” However, you may want to consider “who” rather than “if.” A personal trainer can provide motivation, as well as strategic implementation of workout routines, helping...
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What the nursing process can teach you–A FIVE PART SERIES
The nursing process is the initial step in analyzing how to care for patients. This process is one of the first principles you learn as a student–yet it can be a useful tool; applicable to everyday...
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What the nursing process can teach you– A FIVE PART SERIES (continued)
DIAGNOSIS-when most of us hear this word, it conjures up doom & gloom. It may bring to mind a loved one, or even ourselves when we were told something we didn’t want to hear. Or in some...
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Works for me…what about you?
We are all searching-perhaps desperately–for the next big thing; especially when it comes to battling the bulge. From personal experience, I can relay what has worked for me. However, I’m also...
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What the nursing process can teach you–A FIVE PART SERIES (continued)
Live life unscripted–we’ve heard this in ballads, and touted throughout pop culture. Most of us realize life is unscripted; especially when our best laid plans go awry. Yet that’s just it, somewhere...
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Profiles of caring and courage….HAPPY NURSES’ WEEK TO ALL MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES
Nurses–where would we be without them? From the bedside, chairside, to the schools where they care for our children, to visiting our homes to care for our elderly or loved ones–indeed, where would we...
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Works for me–well maybe not so much…
In my most recent post under FITNESS, I relayed what has worked for me. Will add-on to this in subsequent post. Meanwhile, would love to hear what has or has not worked for you. Today however, I...
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In case you missed it…..
Whether or not you a fan, this recently appeared on Dr. Oz. Show aired on May 10th; at least here in the Chicagoland area. http://www.doctoroz.com/video/chris-powell-custom-weight-loss-blueprint Few...
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Works for me…what’s in my “toolbox”
Fitness for me has many faces. It is definitely not a “one size fits all” endeavor. As I have written in earlier posts, running has been a mainstay in my “toolbox.” As much as I hate to admit it...
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Sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening….
While working as an educator (I taught the principles of dialysis & theory of renal failure), I reminded my students constantly: Man’s theories change–sometimes month to month, hour by hour,...
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What the nursing process can teach you…A FIVE PART SERIES (continued)
I often wondered if the nursing process–assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation– could be applied to anything requiring a practical format for change. If you have been...
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What’s in my tool box? A little strength training please..
Strength–It comes in all shapes, sizes, and especially circumstances. It was in the face of parents–who despite the loss of their own child’s life, found the courage to donate their organs so others...
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How’s that working for you?
How’s that working for you? This question is usually posed with marginal to overt hints of sarcasm. Yet for me, it represents something far more critical–it is the final step in the nursing process....
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Do I really need this….?
This was posed by one of my clients. However, I have omitted his final thought completing this question. I like to keep the blog family friendly. A former runner in his 20s and 30s, he was now 64,...
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Not enough? Too much? A little guidance please…
Spring has sprung in Chicagoland–or at least a reasonable facsimile. While we could complain about below normal temperature, most of us choose to enjoy–and delve back into our favorite 3-5 month...
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Is this part of your workout routine? If not, you may be wasting your time
You’ve been hitting the gym, pavement, and/or the DVD workouts 5-6 days a week. If this statement falls into the category of “things that make you go huh?” this post is not for you. However if you...
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Happy Father’s Day to the Dads, but this one’s for the “GIRLS…”
Happy Father’s Day! Whether this is your first or your 61st, enjoy; and take a much deserved bow. Also, take a break–because this one’s for the “girls.” LADIES–this is a topic I’ve wanted to address...
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