10 tips and highlights to handle telephone calls without distraction and keep focused for those with brain injuries, brain dysfunction, and other chronic illnesses.

So many types of telephones.
Everyone is familiar with the telephone for communication at work, at home or more commonly everywhere one goes with their cell phone. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Acquired brain injury, Brain, Brain Injury, Conditions and Diseases, Disabled American Veterans, Exercise, Head Injury, Health, Neurological disorder, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Trauma and Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury

Feeling puzzled? common symptom after brain injury.

Frequently x-rays and other diagnostic tools are "Normal". Need healthcare professionals to monitor symptoms and clues to changing status.
I did not think I could go deeper into the twilight zone and neither did I think I had a brain injury. After all, I had many injuries prior to this assault and recovered from every single one without residual effects. What was I thinking as a nurse? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: American Nurses, Assault, Assaults on Nurse and Healthcare Providers, Brain Injury, Conditions and Diseases, Disabled American Veterans, Head Injury, Health, Medical Specialties, Neurological disorder, Nurse Violence, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Safety, Trauma and Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury
Are you having difficulty standing? Is your balance off and you fall often? Are you dizzy? Or are you simply too tired or fatigue? Do your joints ache? Do you think you have had a traumatic brain injury but not sure? Have you been diagnosed with a brain injury or medical condition? Are you a hero that has fought for our country? Are you a disabled American Veteran?

Children in aquatic therapy
Exercise is always important, but now it can be fun! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: aquatic exercise, Brain, Brain Injury, Conditions and Diseases, Disabled American Veterans, Exercise, Head Injury, Health, Neurological disorder, Nurse, Physical exercise, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Physician, Safety, Trauma and Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury
Forgetting or simply not remembering? Which is it? Well, forgetting is something you have in your memory. Or maybe it is not that simple. It could be something you tried to memorize but could not, then you forgot what it was. It’s all a matter of intrepretion. Remembering is questionable. Was it ever in your memory to begin with, or was it something you tried to remember and could not have. The question is more complex then anyone could believe…until you’ve been there. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Acquired brain injury, Brain, Brain Injury, Conditions and Diseases, Disabled American Veterans, Exercise, Forgetting, Head Injury, Health, Memory, Neurological disorder, Nurse, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Physician, Trauma and Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury

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Nurses work with violent patients every day. Their safety is compromised by combative patient’s and families. Safety is always a priority for patients, but rarely is safety acknowledged for the nurses themselves. Or at least it does not appear that way behind closed doors. They are exceedingly exposed to abuse within the healthcare system, but yet expected to accept it. This is true for all our of healthcare professionals and caregivers. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: American Nurses, Assaults on Nurse and Healthcare Providers, Brain Injury, Disabled American Veterans, Head Injury, Health, Health care, Nurse, Nursing, Nursing Violence, Patient, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Prevent Violence on Nurses, Safety, Traumatic Brain Injury