nursetalksite.com » AATH http://nursetalksite.com Where laughter is the best medicine. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:39:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 What do you do after spending 30 years as a nurse? Buy a motor home and take it easy? Volunteer for the Peace Corps or spend more time at Curves? Hell no---you start a radio show because you're passionate about helping others and terrifically funny! "Cause laughter is the Best Medicine! Nurse Talk with Casey Hobbs & Dan Grady sponsored by National Nurses United, the California Nurses Association and the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Casey Hobbs & Shayne Mason clean Casey Hobbs & Shayne Mason tech@nursetalksite.com tech@nursetalksite.com (Casey Hobbs & Shayne Mason) Copyright © Nurse Talk LLC All Rights Reserved Where laughter is the best medicine. Nurse, Nursing, Health, Medicine, Nurse Talk, Healthcare, nursetalksite.com » AATH http://nursetalksite.com/images/NTlogo-itunes144x.png http://nursetalksite.com San Francisco, Boston Weekly RN Deb Gauldin on Applied Humor and RN Theresa Brown on Critical Care | February 11-12, 2012 | Show 436 http://nursetalksite.com/2012/02/09/rn-deb-gauldin-on-humor-applied-to-medicine-and-rn-theresa-brown-on-critical-care/ http://nursetalksite.com/2012/02/09/rn-deb-gauldin-on-humor-applied-to-medicine-and-rn-theresa-brown-on-critical-care/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:16:00 +0000 Nurse Talk http://nursetalksite.com/?p=5512 If there’s anybody who knows the positive effects of humor (and music) it’s RN Deb Gauldin. Deb is the incoming president of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor and has long practiced what she preaches. She is a professional humorist and entertainer specializing in health care morale and women’s well being. Deb joins Casey and Dan to talk about humor and the upcoming 25th annual conference where all they do is laugh and talk, and laugh and talk, and then laugh some more.

Why quit your job as an English professor to become an RN? Theresa Brown did. Before becoming a nurse, Theresa obtained a Ph.D in English from the University of Chicago and taught literature for three years. After being an RN for four years, she’s written a book called, Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life and Everything in Between. She’s also a contributor to The New York Times‘ Tara Pope’s health blog, Well. We’ll talk with Theresa about her career and her very interesting and poignant book. Read more...

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Why quit your job as an English professor to become an RN? Theresa Brown did. Before becoming a nurse, Theresa obtained a Ph.D in English from the University of Chicago and taught literature for three years. After being an RN for four years, she’s written a book called, Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life and Everything in Between. She’s also a contributor to The New York Times‘ Tara Pope’s health blog, Well. We’ll talk with Theresa about her career and her very interesting and poignant book.

]]> http://nursetalksite.com/2012/02/09/rn-deb-gauldin-on-humor-applied-to-medicine-and-rn-theresa-brown-on-critical-care/feed/ 0 AATH,Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor,Critical Care,Deb Gauldin,Theresa Brown If there’s anybody who knows the positive effects of humor (and music) it's RN Deb Gauldin. Deb is the incoming president of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor and has long practiced what she preaches. If there’s anybody who knows the positive effects of humor (and music) it's RN Deb Gauldin. Deb is the incoming president of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor and has long practiced what she preaches. She is a professional humorist and entertainer specializing in health care morale and women’s well being. Deb joins Casey and Dan to talk about humor and the upcoming 25th annual conference where all they do is laugh and talk, and laugh and talk, and then laugh some more. Why quit your job as an English professor to become an RN? Theresa Brown did. Before becoming a nurse, Theresa obtained a Ph.D in English from the University of Chicago and taught literature for three years. After being an RN for four years, she's written a book called, Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life and Everything in Between. She's also a contributor to The New York Times' Tara Pope's health blog, Well. We’ll talk with Theresa about her career and her very interesting and poignant book. Casey Hobbs & Shayne Mason clean 53:45 <iframe width="260" height="24" src="http://nursetalksite.com/?powerpress_embed=5512-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=default" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT…LAUGHTER REALLY IS THE BEST MEDICINE! http://nursetalksite.com/2010/05/02/no-doubt-about-it-laughter-really-is-the-best-medicine/ http://nursetalksite.com/2010/05/02/no-doubt-about-it-laughter-really-is-the-best-medicine/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 15:20:35 +0000 Pattie Lockard http://nursetalksite.com/blog/?p=606

Nurse Talk traveled to Disneyland for the AATH (Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor) 2010 Conference. The conference tag this year was "Biology of Hope/Healing Power of the Human Spirit". This was the first conference I have ever been to where I didn't have to make excuses for our crew's irreverent and inappropriate behavior---in fact all of this is encouraged! READ MORE]]> Nurse Talk traveled to Disneyland for the AATH (Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor) 2010 Conference. The conference tag this year was “Biology of Hope/Healing Power of the Human Spirit”.  Although our stay was cut short due to my creative travel arrangements—it was fabulous to meet such wonderful, smart, funny people who are up to such amazing things. AATH is where the community of professionals who study, (yes it is true!) practice, and promote healthy humor and laughter connect.We were invited by this year’s conference co-chairs Mary Kay Morrison and Chip Lutz, and the President of AATH herself, Karyn Buxman. A big shout out to all of you for putting on “the big show” and inviting us to attend. This was the first conference I have ever been to where I didn’t have to make excuses for our crew’s irreverent and inappropriate behavior—in fact all of this is encouraged! Next year we will be back—only this time I will have a professional travel agent make the arrangements so we can stay for the entire conference.Thanks for the memories and the wonderful connections—and for those of you who have not heard of AATH or the conference—check it out at aath.org or go to our website’s links page at nursetalksite.com.Thanks to all of our new friends for the work you do every day to make the world a better, happier place!Enjoy some pics from the conference…
Theresa, Amy & Denise--Need we say more?!

Theresa, Amy & Denise--Need we say more?!

Mary Kay Morrison, AATH Conference Co-Chair

Mary Kay Morrison, AATH Conference Co-Chair

Laughter is the best medicine

Laughter is the best medicine

Deb Hart, AATH Conference 2010

Deb Hart, AATH Conference 2010

Nurse Talk's Casey Hobbs and Chip Lutz, AATH Conference Co-Chair and President Elect

Nurse Talk's Casey Hobbs and Chip Lutz, AATH Conference Co-Chair and President Elect

AATH President Karyn Buxman, Marianne Schmitt, Assistant Professor Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Student Nurses Group

AATH President Karyn Buxman, Marianne Schmitt, Assistant Professor Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Student Nurses Group

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