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PANS and PANDAS: Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome or Disorders Associated with Streptococcal

jocelyn — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:58:50 +0000

PANS and PANDAS are two relatively uncommon and not well-known syndromes that occur in children… PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus.

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Nursing Leadership Essay: Emotional intelligence and competency

jocelyn — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:26:33 +0000

Emotions: Not Obsolete In the Workplace Emotions: Not Obsolete In the Workplace A product of the industrial era, traditional leadership styles still reign

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Sharing Another’s Journey: Peter’s Stroke Journey

jocelyn — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 20:06:34 +0000

Peter had a stroke in March of 2018, just 6 months after he had retired. Over the last 4 years, The then 59-year-old has taken

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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Session Three. Distress Tolerance Strategies

Jocelyn, RN, BScN — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 13:30:00 +0000

Teaching yourself how to be able to relax, accept, distract, and self-sooth. It is a huge undertaking, but you can do it. We do not graduate primary school in one sitting. We do not learn division in one day—we begin by learning what numbers actually are. Learning how to rest, accept situations, distract ourselves, and/or sooth ourselves is no different. Little, tiny steps and practice is required. Just keep practicing until it becomes second nature.

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy Session Two

Jocelyn, RN, BScN — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 14:43:00 +0000

Let’s work on some distress tolerance skills. You might find that you have coped with stressors in unhealth ways. This is not a flaw in yourself, this is just a symptom of not having been given tools to help. Let’s first begin by asking you a few questions:

What kind of self destructive coping strategies do you find yourself engaging in? Do you sit in your thoughts, rehashing painful mistakes and problems from the past or potential pain and problems of the future?

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Session One. Psychology (P)Saturday: DBT and Phenomena

Jocelyn, RN, BScN — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 14:30:00 +0000

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) was developed in 1993 by Marsha Linehan and aims at helping people cope with extreme and overwhelming emotions. It is particularly good for people with anxiety disorders and certain personality disorders. Most personality disorders are a direct result of childhood trauma. If you find yourself with a diagnosis of a personality disorder and don’t fully recall any childhood trauma, remember that we incorrectly label children as “resilient.” Something as seemingly benign as your parents separating or getting divorced is in effect a childhood trauma.

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Gut-Brain Axis: Link Between Mental Health and Our Gut Health

Jocelyn, RN, BScN — Tue, 04 May 2021 16:35:58 +0000

According to a 2015 article published in the annals of gastroenterology, the gut-brain axis consists of “bidirectional communication between the central and the enteric nervous system, linking emotional and cognitive centers of the brain with peripheral intestinal functions.” The central nervous system being the brain and spinal cord, whereas the enteric nervous system includes nerves within the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, pancreas, gallbladder and biliary tree…

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