Sunday, January 29, 2012
unit 7 blog
"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself." I think this is pretty self explanatory. How can you give an accurate description of where to vacation if you have never gone to that location. You can only give suggestions from others recommendations or from views you have read. As a professional in the medical field, patients will expect you to have a full understanding of your methods. If you have never practiced these methods how will you beable to give an accurate desciption of what to expect or potential outcomes? Patients will look to second sources for reasurrance. Practicing your methods will only strengthen your practice.
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How did you find this weeks exercise? Was it more useful to you then the previous ones. I found this one the most beneficial and peaceful.
ReplyDeleteDo you practice any mindfulness meditation at all?
I like to meditate regularly, especially when I am feeling tired or upset, it brings me to place of wholeness and balance. Are you at all spiritual, if so what aspects of spirituality interest you the most?
Lou
Hi Jen thats why as healthcare proofessionals we are supposed to have knowledge in all aspects of healing psychological,phyiscal and spiritual. Thats is what wholeness (holisitc health is .What good is it if we are treating a person with aches and pain cause by mental stress if we just give them a pill for the pain but the real cause is mental distress we would not be treating the person as a whole and that person would continue to have an imbalance. Thats why its so important as healthcare professionals to practice integral medicine.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more! A patient must trust their health care provider, and in order to do so...the provider must know what he/she is talking about. I remember I smoked before I got pregnant with my first child, and my doctor harped on me all the time about quitting, BUT he always smelled of cigarettes (as I mentioned in my blog). I felt like he was being hypocritical and was not at all interested in reducing the effects of tobacco in anyone's life (mine OR his), but more he felt he had to say it. I was young, felt invincible, and definitely wasn't going to listen to someone who could tell me not to do something for my health...yet turn around and do the very same thing! I think it helps to add credibility when you practice what you preach.
ReplyDeleteHi Jen:
ReplyDeleteI agree that having the firsthand experience is superior to a hypothetical knowledge, and your example of a vacation is a good one. The map of the land is not the land. It is one thing to study a location, to plan your trip, know the landmarks, etc, but it is quite a different one to see them for yourself. Similarly, the last time we were in Chicago, my wife and I spent several hours at the Art Institute. I saw paintings from some of my favorite artists up close, and it was a different experience from seeing them in books. I didn't expect it to be such a different experience, but it was.