Thursday, May 28, 2015

California Life Coaches Eileen Spillane, RN, MA, NP, The Balanced Nurse


California Life Coaches
Eileen Spillane, RN, MA, NP, The Balanced Nurse

The Shortcut URL To This Section Is: http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/spillane

Your Name, Degrees Licenses (Nursing and non-nursing degrees/licenses are fine to list):
Eileen Spillane, RN, MA, NP
Bachelors of Science of Nursing, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, 1990

Masters, Holistic Nursing, New York University, NY, NY, 2001

Barbara Brennan School of Healing Graduate, 1995-1999

Certified Integral Coach, New Ventures West, 2013

University of Massachusetts, Center for Mindfulness Oasis Institute Practicum and Teacher Development Intensive Graduate, 2014



Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I was born and raised in New York and had the good fortune to start my career at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, which set a standard of work satisfaction that has never been met in any other hospital. I was a traveling nurse in Hawaii, traveled around the world and was hit by a truck on my bicycle. I was in a body cast and spent the next six months recovering and reinventing myself as a nurse. I studied energy medicine, holistic nursing, and obtained my Masters degree. After 9/11, I made a conscious decision to move out West where I have been for the last twelve years. I still love to travel and am mesmerized by the beauty in nature. I often travel to New York several times a year to spend time with my family and friends. I am passionate about helping nurses find their unique balance to create happy work and home lives.
What Attracted You To The Field of Nursing? I was born to parents with a limited world view that girls should grow up to be nurses or teachers and boys should be cops or firemen. I was a candy striper and a lifeguard and my close friends were choosing nursing as a major. Fortunately, nursing was a perfect fit for me.

What is your experience and background in Nursing? I have been a Nurse for twenty five years in ICU/Critical CareOncology,HospicePACUMed/SurgicalObstetricsORPrivate Duty, travel nursing and medical missions. I also worked at an Integrative Medical Center as a Holistic Nurse Practitioner and have taught mindfulness to nurses.

Would you recommend Nursing as a career? Absolutely. Nursing is a challenging profession that provides security, flexibility and immediate feedback on the impact you can have on someone’s life.

Your Business Name: The Balanced Nurse

Please describe in detail your business/services you provide (or if you have an elevator pitch): I help nurses reduce stress and bring balance into their lives through teaching classes, coaching, or presenting at conferences. I have worked individually with nurses via phone, Skype or in-person for those living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Issues addressed have been career transitions, workplace toxicity, burnout, stress management and issues with self-judgment. Often I work with nurses for three to six month time frames to support them to identify the road blocks preventing them from reaching their potential.
Classes I have taught have provided nurses with continuing education credit include Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Striking a Balance With Stress in Nursing, Breaking the Cycle of Work Place Toxicity, and Creating and Sustaining a Satisfying Career in Nursing.

I have presented as a Closing Keynote Speaker with Restore, Rejuvenate and Renew Your Energy: Bringing Balance Into Our Workday with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion.
I tailored a 4 hour workshop for Stanford University Bone Marrow Transplant Nurses called Finding The Balance in The Waves of Caregiving.

Business Address
The Balanced Nurse
PO Box 17065, San Francisco, CA, 94117-0651
E-mail Address: Eileen@thebalancednurse.com

Blogs: http://www.thebalancednurse.com/the-balanced-nurse-blog/

Social Media Accounts:

https://twitter.com/balancednurse

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Balanced-Nurse/337320546407518

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/eileen-spillane-rn-ma/45/477/419/

https://plus.google.com/114121637005694525348/posts/p/pub?hl=en

Homepage Address: http://www.thebalancednurse.com/

Type of business categories would you would like to be listed: coaching sections, keynote speakers, nursing seminars, as a blogger, look at alternative health categories for the meditation, by state, by nursing specialties.
Advocate for Patient and Nurses
Alternative Medicine
Bloggers
Certified Health and Wellness
CoachesLife Coach, Coaching
Coaching
Conflict Resolution Consultants
Consulting
Continuing Education
Education
Integrative Medicine
Keynote Speakers
Meditation,Yoga Nursing
Nursing Blogs
Nursing Education/Educational Nurse Entrepreneurs
Nurse-Owned Businesses
Public Speakers
Stress Management Consultant
California Nurse Entrepreneurs
New York Nurse Entrepreneurs


Keywords, Phrases that describe your business, experience, services: balance, stress management for nurses, coach, coaching, coaching for nurses, nurse coaching, coaching nurses, wellness coaching, work life balance, workplace toxicity, nursing burnout, burnout prevention, mindfulness, meditation, MBSR, mindfulness based stress reduction, self-compassion, self-compassion for nurses, nurse blogger, bloggers, blogging, classes for nurses, stress reduction classes for nurses, care for the caregiver, mindful nurse, mindfulness for nurses, mindfulness at the bedside, finding balance in nursing, be balanced, tips for new nurses
Contact person(s): Eileen Spillane

Phone number (how/when do you prefer to be contacted): 415 517 0982

I prefer email contact to set up a time for a phone conversation.

In what date (month/year) did you start your business? September, 2013

Can you describe some challenges you had to overcome in starting your business? Embracing technology and social media (need I say more?)
Time management, Trusting in the unknown and uncertainty, Ignoring the voices of the naysayers, developing a following/getting customers.

How did you hear about the Nursefriendly, NursingEntrepreneurs.com?: Connecting with Andrew Lopez and receiving his invitation to join.

The year were you first licensed as a nurse? 1990

What school(s) of nursing did you attend? Adelphi University New York University

Do you recommend that nurses join professional organizations? Yes, It’s a good way to network and be connected with nurses in your specialty.

Professional organizations you have belonged to (now or in the past, please spell out the full name):
Oncology Nursing Society
National Student Nurses’ Association
National Association of Neuroscience Nurses
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

What made you decide to start your own business? Nurses are so hard working and so caring of others that we often put our needs last. I intended to combine my coach training and mindfulness training to help patients and families. However, when I started working with nurses, I realized how passionate I was about helping them find balance. Healthy and happy nurses create more satisfying work environments and ultimately provide safer care. As a former (and future) patient, as a daughter of aging parents, as friend to many nurses, this is something that gets me excited.

How many times have you changed employers in your career? Eleven times in twenty-five years

What specific qualities and traits do you feel make nurses especially qualified to operate a business? Self-motivated, organized, independent, networker, able to know strengths and weaknesses, willing to delegate and ask for help, patience, ability to enjoy the process of business development and not rushing to the outcome.

Do you currently practice as a nurse? If yes in what type of setting? I work per-diem in a hospital in a Critical Care Obstetrics.

Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcare: The massive impending nursing shortage when baby boomers retire, the lack of programs to train new nurses, the lack of new jobs for new graduates, the lack of awareness of management and hospital administrators to address workplace toxicity and burnout.

How do you feel the coming nursing shortage (as babyboomers enter the healthcare system, and nurses retire in droves) will affect patient care? addressed above. It is a huge concern of mine.
Other areas of interest and expertise (Andrew's into photography, loves to travel): I love to explore and travel. I’ve been to Africa, South America, Central America, Europe and Asia. I have an adventurous spirit and it had led me to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, scuba dive through the South Pacific for six months and complete four Ironman Triathlons. I also have a deep contemplative nature in which I frequent silent meditation retreats - including a month of silence.

During the summers, I take a hiatus from nursing schedule and my business and work as an guide for an outdoor travel company and I lead biking and hiking trips in beautiful places such as Yellowstone, The Tetons, Big Sur and Santa Barbara. Nursing skills are highly transferable and you know!





Nursingentrepreneurs.com is a networking and resource directory for Nurse-Owned businesses and nurses looking for an alternative to working at the bedside. Start here on your road towards nurse entrepreneurship.If you explore the site a bit, you'll find profiles of hundreds of nurse entrepreneurs around the country. We encourage you to browse around, find a business category you are interested in, then contact the nurse directly. We're available for questions as well. This website is Owned-Operated by Andrew Lopez, RN a Medical/Surgical/Telemetry nurse.
Has your Nurse-owned business been written up in the news? Do you send out a newsletter or regular press releases? We'd like to hear about it!
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Please choose from the following:

Saturday, October 25, 2014

On Mandatory Ebola Quarantines: Candy Treft, RN @TheGypsyNurse #NursesFightEbola


"Personally, I think the quarantine should be mandatory for those that have had direct contact with symptomatic Ebola patients. 

The only way to control the spread of the disease is to stop it and if we won't stop travel then we must stop the individuals.

I'm certainly not confident in the 'self-quarantine' such as the doctor that was recently utilizing public transportation while symptomatic!!

If the individual isn't going to behave prudently, then perhaps its time to put in place some mandates."

This is in response to:

Tested Negative for Ebola, Nurse Criticizes Her Quarantine
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/nyregion/nurse-in-newark-tests-negative-for-ebola.html

About: Candy aka The Gypsy Nurse

As a travel nursing educator, Candy aka Gypsy Nurse, RN has worked in healthcare for nearly 20 years, working up the ranks from CNA to LPN to RN. For the past ten years, she’s worked as a travel nurse, allowing her to practice and live in 15 states throughout the U.S. She regularly shares advice for those interested in travel nurse jobs on her website at: 
http://www.thegypsynurse.com.

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For more information, updates follow #NursesFightEbola on the social networks :)


We have a Facebook forum as well:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1535021046741148/


Sincerely,

Andrew Lopez, RN
Nursefriendly National Directories
38 Tattersall Drive
West Deptford, New Jersey 08051
856-415-9617, Fax: 856-415-9618, info@nursefriendly.com, @nursefriendly
http://www.nursefriendly.com

Monday Morning Quarterbacks, Lyn Trott. RN BSN, CPN #NursesFightEbola #EbolaAmerica #Nurseup


Now that The Ebola virus has come to America, we're seeing massive fear, hysteria and rampant unfounded information spreading like wildfire. 

Journalists have contributed to fears of the public and health care workers. Meanwhile, those who are not involved in the fight against ebola are able to frequently find a news crew to help them spread misinformation. As health care professionals we have a duty to educate those who have a gap in knowledge or don't understand the information given to them. 
 
Many of these people are Monday Morning Quarterbacks. They are more than happy to criticize and evaluate and place blame but have no interest in helping find a solution.


Lyn Trott. RN BSN, CPN

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For more information, updates follow #NursesFightEbola on the social networks :)

We have a Facebook forum as well: 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1535021046741148/


Sincerely,

Andrew Lopez, RN
Nursefriendly National Directories
38 Tattersall Drive 
West Deptford, New Jersey 08051
856-415-9617, Fax: 856-415-9618, info@nursefriendly.com, @nursefriendly
http://www.nursefriendly.com

On #Healthcare Leadership: You want to know about Ebola? Here’s what you need. Alene Nitzky Ph.D RN @AleneGoneBad

You want to know about Ebola? Here’s what you need to know. We need real leadership and reliable information to stop the panic and misinformation that’s being spread. We need that leadership on all fronts, by policymakers, heads of government agencies, health care executives, and the news media.

We have serious public health issues that need to be addressed by these leaders, such as hospital acquired infections that infect over half a million people a year and kill tens of thousands, and medical errors. All are a result of the chronic understaffing and overworking of health care workers, and inadequate resources directed at public health and education, that erodes our ability to control costs and make a decent level of health attainable by most Americans.

If the media wants to know about Ebola, start by asking the front line health care workers, not the executives. We need leadership in the media to support investigative reporting instead of fear, to dig out the root causes of the problems we have and bring them to light. Instead of looking the other way and distracting viewers so as not to anger health care executives who spend huge dollars on advertising, we need the media to interview the front line health care workers. The only way you will get honest answers is to provide them with anonymity, because the executives threaten their jobs if they speak the truth.

The people who are leading the way now are the problem. They don’t know how to lead unless it involves profit and lining their own pockets. Health care has become a product, not a service. We need the news media to be part of the solution, not adding to the problem of fear, divisiveness and distrust.

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Alene Nitzky, Ph.D, RN is an Oncology nurse and health coach in Colorado who advocates for real health care reform that would truly benefit public health. She blogs at alenegonebad.blogspot.com

Thursday, October 2, 2014

@CDCgov Are there any prophylactic measures close contacts can take to prevent Ebola? #CDCchat #NursesFightEbola #Nurseup


From the CDC Ebola QA Tweetchat: #CDCchat, 10/2/2014: Click on the time stamp for the full conversation.




. Not after contact has been made. If a case is suspected or confirmed, PPE should be worn.



#CDCchat - #Ebola Question & Answer Session via @CDCgov, #Healthcare Social Media Transcript
http://embed.symplur.com/twitter/transcript?hashtag=CDCchat&fdate=10%2F02%2F2014&shour=13&smin=00&tdate=10%2F02%2F2014&thour=15&tmin=00&page=14&page=1 #NursesFightEbola

@CDCgov How long can the Ebola virus live on contaminated surfaces? #CDCchat #NursesFightEbola #Nurseup



From the CDC Ebola QA Tweetchat: #CDCchat, 10/2/2014: Click on the time stamp for the full conversation.




. on dry surfaces can survive for several hrs. Virus in body fluids can survive up to several days at room temp






#CDCchat - #Ebola Question & Answer Session via @CDCgov, #Healthcare Social Media Transcript
http://embed.symplur.com/twitter/transcript?hashtag=CDCchat&fdate=10%2F02%2F2014&shour=13&smin=00&tdate=10%2F02%2F2014&thour=15&tmin=00&page=14&page=1 #NursesFightEbola

@CDCgov What % of patients present with fever as a 1st symptom? Could someone be contagious without fever? #CDCchat #NursesFightEbola




From the CDC Ebola QA Tweetchat: #CDCchat, 10/2/2014: Click on the time stamp for the full conversation.


. Almost 100% of patients present w/ fever as first symptom.



#CDCchat - #Ebola Question & Answer Session via @CDCgov, #Healthcare Social Media Transcript
http://embed.symplur.com/twitter/transcript?hashtag=CDCchat&fdate=10%2F02%2F2014&shour=13&smin=00&tdate=10%2F02%2F2014&thour=15&tmin=00&page=14&page=1 #NursesFightEbola