Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:04+01:0012 November, 2015|
As other many Spanish Hospitals, in the ICU of the Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge we have shown that family of the critically-ill patient is subject of care. However, this attention depends in many cases of individual predisposition of each nurse. Therefore, generally, the family is considered as an alien part to the unit and the patient. This cause dissatisfaction of [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:04+01:0011 November, 2015|
It seems that there is no doubt that "the humanization revolution" is real. At least in networks what means that it is also true in the mind and the purposes of those who belong to them and thus transmit it. The problem is that the organizations (and their representatives) sometimes show a too contradictory message and we can see (occasionally [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:04+01:0010 November, 2015|
There is not much to do to avoid the tremendous pain we feel. The lost of your most loved person, the lost of a child that dies when he should begin to live. There is not much to do to avoid the frustration after so many and so hard fought over 20 years, for nothing, but if something can mitigate [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:04+01:007 November, 2015|
To know your name is not enoughI guess, because I know you, perhaps you are worried because your daughter is waiting for the results of her review. The companions of the afternoon joke, and send hugs to you trying to clothe from another corner, as a small or large family, gathered in a hospital room of dialysis. Everybody knows everybody. [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:07+01:005 November, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. We follow and we will continue speaking and much of "The caring of the Invisible" (as soon as possible in English!). If in less than 24 hours it has 2700 views on YouTube, something is happening in the ICU. Now the challenge is, as yesterday said Jose Manuel Velasco, that this wave of emotion [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:07+01:003 November, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Recently, ICU members of the Hospital Infanta Cristina presented in General session of the Hospital their new protocol for life-sustaining treatment limitation. To do this, they created a multidisciplinary working group made up with all the ICU professionals (assistants, nurses and doctors). From the recommendations of different Scientific Societies, they have drawn up [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:07+01:0031 October, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Finally, this crazy October ends. We had a very entertaining month visiting different parts of the country and building new bonds that humanize the assistance.Today I want to introduce you to J.M Salas, author of one of my favorite blogs: Con Tinta de Médico (With doctor's ink) I bring here a recent interview (only available [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:08+01:0029 October, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.As we promised, here you have the talk in pdf format "Humanizing intensive care in the process of dying" (only available in Spanish) that we recently did at the Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante. Don't miss the videos! They are really good and illustrative.We hope you enjoy it and that may be useful. Thanks [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:08+01:0028 October, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. I would like today to share an article published in IntraMed by Dr. Rubén Mayer (only available in Spanish) on non-verbal communication. This is our summary.Our body speaks beyond words. In his book "Nonverbal communication", Sergio Rulicki defines it as a complement to the words and transmitted language through different channels: we talk also [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:08+01:0027 October, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends:EnDiGra 2015 (ENFERMERÍA DIGITAL GRANADA 2015) is a Conference seeking to integrate the care and the digital world. New technologies can add great value to care, in particular digital tools. The Conference will be held on Friday October 30th, in the Hall of the Hospital General Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada and will be presented [...]
