Nurse Heal Thyself: Personal Power can Create Professional Change

Power and Confidence in Professions: Lessons for Occupational Therapy

“…In this view, power is seen as secured through prestige, status, social class, social capital, or cultural place. In contrast, Sieloff (2004) and Brady (2007) suggest that nurses have actually been an oppressed group, demonstrating the behaviors that characterize all groups in highly subordinated circumstances, such as being (1) hierarchical and competitive; (2) manipulative; (3) exercising lateral violence, that is, attacking one another; (4) failing to support one another in times of conflict; (5) disrespecting students and new graduates, referred to as "eating the young" (Sieloff,p. In contrast, Sieloff (2004) and Brady (2007) suggest that nurses have actually been an oppressed group, demonstrating the behaviors that characterize all groups in highly subordinated circumstances, such as being (1) hierarchical and competitive; (2) manipulative; (3) exercising lateral violence, that is, attacking one another; (4) failing to support one another in times of conflict; (5) disrespecting students and new graduates, referred to as "eating the young" (Sieloff,p.…”

“…Groups tend to be thought of as either privi-patients (Benner, 2001;Bradbury-Jones, Sambrook & Irvine, 2008;Holmes & Gastaldo, 2002;Ponte et al, 2007). In contrast, Sieloff (2004) and Brady (2007) suggest that nurses have actually been an oppressed group, demonstrating the behaviors that characterize all groups in highly subordinated circumstances, such as being (1) hierarchical and competitive; (2) manipulative; (3) exercising lateral violence, that is, attacking one another; (4) failing to support one another in times of conflict; (5) disrespecting students and new graduates, referred to as "eating the young" (Sieloff, p. 247); (6) discrediting the values and norms of the profession; and (7) being fearful of confronting those with organizational power.…”

Spirituality and spiritual care from a Careful Nursing perspective

“…Provision of safe, supportive opportunities for nurses to discuss practice‐related feelings of grief, burnout and need for self‐healing due to exposure to stress and suffering (Lally , Brady ) and need to respect and care for themselves and one another as holistic beings (Birx , Cleary et al . ) Importance of nurse leaders' need to care for selves and one another (O'Connor )…”

“…Nurses' care for selves and one another Provision of safe, supportive opportunities for nurses to discuss practice-related feelings of grief, burnout and need for selfhealing due to exposure to stress and suffering (Lally 2005, Brady 2007) and need to respect and care for themselves and one another as holistic beings (Birx 2003, Cleary et al 2010) Importance of nurse leaders' need to care for selves and one another (O'Connor 2002) Follows from Aristotle's idea of self-love and friendship as willing for oneself and others what is good for them (Aristotle 350BCE/1908) Widely accepted as a core nursing value (Cleary et al 2005) Intellectual engagement The life of the mind and its creativity derives from the influence of an infinite transcendent reality (Aquinas 1265(Aquinas -1274(Aquinas /1948. It includes using contemplation, empathy, natural reason, logical analysis and scientific research as ways of knowing patients' condition and attending to their needs effectively…”