How to Step Away from the Scale and Never Go Back On

Scales are ubiquitous in American households. They are expected objects in a bathroom landscape. Few people think twice when they happen upon one. You may even have one in your own bathroom. However, when we actually step onto the scale, this innocuous-looking object becomes something far more sinister.

In our culture, where thinner is always better, the scale doesn't just tell us what we weigh; It has become a measure of our self-worth, an oracle determining whether we will have a good day or a bad day, and the judge of whether we are "good" or "bad."

The effects of stepping on the scale may be particularly detrimental for teens and young adults just developing a sense of self and particularly vulnerable to the development of eating disorders. Most young adults have access to a scale, if not in their own home then in the homes of friends, at the mall, or even in a school locker room.
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Start the Year Right: Declutter Your Life

Excessive clutter is often a symptom and a cause of stress and can affect every facet of your life, from the time it takes you to do things to your finances and your overall enjoyment of life.  Clutter can distract you, weigh you down, and in general it invites chaos into your life.  Often times, however, tackling the clutter can seem an insurmountable task if you don’t know where or how to start.  By devoting a little of your time to getting rid of the clutter in your life and maintaining things relatively clutter-free , you’ll reap the rewards of pleasing living areas, reduced stress, and a more organized and productive existence.

The best way to tackle the decluttering of your home, your work space, and your life is to take things  one small step at a time.  Combined, small steps will lead to big improvements that will be easier to maintain over the long-run.  Here is a blueprint of how to start tackling that clutter and enjoying a less stressful life:

Your Work Area

If you want to be more productive and focused in your work, getting the clutter out of your work area is essential.

Start with your desk. Clear everything off the top of it and take everything out of the drawers. Assemble the items in piles on the floor.  Clean and wipe down your desk, and marvel at how pretty and clean it looks. 

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How Women Change Men

Soon after Jay Z welcomed his first child, Blue Ivy Carter, last year, a poem the rapper had reportedly dedicated to his new baby girl zipped around the Internet. “Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich / I didn’t think hard about using the word B----,” it opened. “I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it / now with my daughter in this world / I curse those that give it.”

The poem turned out to be a hoax, but a spate of recent research backs the idea that close relationships with women can dramatically sway men’s attitudes and behavior, at home and at work, for better and for worse:
Male CEOs typically pay their employees less and themselves more after having sons, but this trend doesn’t hold with daughters. In fact, male CEOs with firstborn daughters actually pay their employees more, giving female employees the biggest raises [1].

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How to Get a Better Night's Sleep

There’s nothing as restorative as a full night’s sleep, so when you’re not getting that, it can be the most aggravating problem to solve. To help figure it out, get a journal and keep a sleep diary.

It might sound like overkill, but journaling can be a surprisingly affective tool for problem solving. If you’re trying different methods for get a better night’s sleep, productivity blog Mintfull suggests keeping a sleep diary to track those methods and find which ones work best. Here’s how to start:

Before you change anything, figure out what your starting point is. Write it down.
Next to it, write down what you are going to change.
Example: average bedroom temperature during the night: 70° F >> changing it to 65° F

Once you’ve made that change, record the outcome. To do this, they suggest answering three questions in your journal:

• How are you feeling? Excited, pumped up, groggy, “I hate Mondays”, etc. Rate your mood on a scale from 1 to 10
• How much energy do you have? Rate it from 1 to 10.
• How was your sleep? Deep, light, interrupted, restless, etc.

You can add more information as you see fit, and you want to record your answers as close to waking up as possible.

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What are the Signs That You Have a Good Boss?

I have just made a mental list of all the bosses I have had in my forty years of work. Some were pretty good; others were simply awful. Nowadays, the latter are also in the majority. One survey has found that 77% of employees are stressed out at some point, because their bosses are bad!
Then, suddenly I found that I was a manger myself, so I became acutely aware of what makes a good boss. The greatest challenge was in managing staff and using my people skills effectively.
Here are 20 signs that you got a good boss.

1. Your boss reassures you

This may take the form of encouragement and stimulation to do even better. They both go hand-in-hand and the results from employees can be impressive. Once you are reassured that you are on the right track, then you can achieve anything.

2. Your boss does not micromanage

 “Hire well, manage little.” —Warren Buffett

If a boss ignores the above quote, the likelihood is that he will not get much done. Employees’ reactions to micromanagement can range from demotivation to a feeling that they will never be allowed to work on their own. The boss who indulges in this feels he knows best and cannot trust the employee fully.

3. Your boss appreciates your skills

A great boss will soon become familiar with people’s talents and skills. It is a great asset when delegation has to be done.

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Highly Successful Habits of Nursing School Students

Whether you are going back to school or you are starting your nursing program, there are certain things you can do to ensure your success. Most people do not go into their program with a strategy in mind. In this short article, there are 10 habits you can implement to help you get through the program and enjoy the process.

Nursing School is a great goal and it is one you will cherish. Even though you will have to study, let’s look at ways you can make the most of this time so you can ace the exams and really learn the material.

Highly successful nursing students engage in these 10 habits.

1. Make a commitment to your program.

Understand why you want to get your degree and write it out. Will it advance your career, give you greater opportunities to teach, allow you to travel the country?  Know the reason you are going to school and keep this in the forefront of your mind to keep you going through the tough times.

2. Master your energy and your time.

Be careful of the time wasters and the energy drains. Spending too much time on social media is actually a drain and can definitely chew up the time you need to study.

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WeCareOnline June Staff Highlight - Cindy Gaschler

This month we get to meet Cindy Gaschler.  

Cindy has worked in the healthcare field for 15 years. She began her career as a CNA, then completed her LPN, and continued with an ADN degree.  She functioned as a Long Term Care charge nurse, Inpatient Rehabilitation nurse, MDS Coordinator, and Director of Nursing.  

Following this she re-enrolled in college to obtain a BSN while performing duties of Human Resources, Staff Development Coordinator, Risk Management, Health Information Management, and Senior Living Manager. She is a certified clinical instructor for the state of Kansas for Certfied Nurse Aide,Certified Med Aide, Activity Director and Social Service Designee. 


She is married with 3 children and lives in a rural area 10 miles from the nearest town. Cindy enjoys the outdoors. She has horses, dogs, too many cats, and an enormous garden that always wants attention.



With her years of experience in the heath care field, Cindy believes that it is best to focus on the person. Before you help the person, take the time to enjoy him or her without distraction.

Cindy feels blessed to have the ability to work with students both online teaching the Activity Director and Social Service Designee courses and face to face during their clinical experience in Kansas. She also enjoys networking with more northern states online and by phone.  She assists with enrollments, invoicing, and basic technical issues.  She also works with marketing and directs new users in the services available through WeCareOnline.


The biggest change she has seen in the health care industry has been the shift from direct care to documentation. This also correlates with the shift to electronic documentation over paper charting.

On Cindy's desk, the one item that would be noticed without fail is her pencil sharpener. Her children felt an office is not complete without an electric pencil sharpener with the widest variety of color, foil, and decorated pencils ever noted from any party store!  (She never gets to use it because they do not allow her the opportunity to experience a dull pencil.  They are dutifully sharpened by one or all of them daily whether needed or not.)

7 Steps to Getting Promoted

You have been in the same position for years. You love the company you work for, your commute is great and you even enjoy your co-workers. But more often than you care to think about, the all too common email from the boss, copied to everyone in the company, arrives in your in-box: "It is my pleasure to announce the well deserved promotion," of your co-worker in the cubicle attached to yours.

"I come to work and stay to myself, I keep my head down and my mouth shut. Why do I keep getting overlooked and not promoted?" If you have found yourself saying - or even thinking these kinds of things...THAT'S WHY YOU ARE NOT GETTING PROMOTED!

Gone are the days that employees are "tapped on the shoulder" for promotion simply by showing up to work and not making waves. Employers want to see passion, leadership, a "what ever it takes" attitude and a solution-oriented team player poised for promotion. Today's work environment requires employees to do more with less and often perform work that was previously accomplished by two or three employees, and they want to see the work accomplished without whining, complaining or having a fit.


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Take Control: Stop Playing the Victim with Time Management

When it comes to managing your time, many people feel like they have a crushing number of requests coming at them that make them a victim to their circumstances. "There's always too much to do. Everyone just keeps piling more work on me." Sound familiar? If so, you're not alone, but you should stop playing the victim and own the situation.

This post originally appeared on the Harvard Business Review.

They see forces outside themselves as the reason that they don't have time to exercise, can't leave work at a reasonable time, or just generally struggle to get everything done. Although there are occasionally situations that are outside of your control—that recent bout with the flu, for example—most aren't. And even though it can feel gratifying in the short term to blame others for your situation, this attitude toward your time investment will leave you truly powerless in the long run.

When you play the victim with your time, everything around you suffers.

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Tax Time Tips for Caregivers and Single Moms

Many single moms don’t realize they can use the Head of Household filing status instead of Single status.

Head of Household standard deduction and tax rate schedule are the second lowest after Married Filing Jointly and Qualifying Widow.  Higher standard deduction amount means less income is subject to taxes, and a lower tax rate means less taxes.  Lower taxes equals a higher refund.

Daycare is expensive and as a single parent one of your highest priorities.  There is a tax break for all or part of your taxes though.  First, use your company’s daycare flex spending account.  This account allows you to use up to $5,000 a year of your income before taxes to pay for your daycare.  Then you can use any remaining expense, up to $6,000 total spent, for a tax credit when you have more than two children in daycare.  This is a total win-win when it comes to reducing your taxes and taking care of your most precious commodity.

Let’s not forget the Child Tax Credits. 

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5 Ways to Finish the Year on a High Note

Why am I here? That’s the most significant question you can answer. This single question is enough to answer everything that is most important in your business and your life.
So, when everything seems blurry, your productivity takes a dive and you’re not sure what you are moving toward, that’s when you need to answer that question.
Press pause from your hectic work—or personal—life; this nearly guarantees a considerable productivity boost once you press play again.
Take a step back and look at the big picture; it can help to review your priorities in an objective manner.
Focus. Once you’ve done that, break up the tasks and objectives that make up that big picture, and concentrate on them one at a time. Focus really works best when narrowed down. Things can spiral out of control if you try to get ahold of it all at once.
What are you focusing on right now? Do you believe in it? Whatever you’re aiming for, put your head, heart and hands into it.
Here are five tips that will empower you to focus and finish the year on a high note:
1. Be big, think big and act big. Benjamin E. Mays, former president of Morehouse College, once said, “The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.”
What can you do to drive value in all that you do? Make it happen.
2. Be open to happy accidents.
- See more at: http://www.success.com/blog/5-ways-to-finish-the-year-on-a-high-note#sthash.Fiu5Fwyq.dpuf

Why am I here? That’s the most significant question you can answer. This single question is enough to answer everything that is most important in your business and your life.

So, when everything seems blurry, your productivity takes a dive and you’re not sure what you are moving toward, that’s when you need to answer that question.

Press pause from your hectic work—or personal—life; this nearly guarantees a considerable productivity boost once you press play again.

Take a step back and look at the big picture; it can help to review your priorities in an objective manner.

Focus. Once you’ve done that, break up the tasks and objectives that make up that big picture, and concentrate on them one at a time. Focus really works best when narrowed down. Things can spiral out of control if you try to get a hold of it all at once.

What are you focusing on right now? Do you believe in it? Whatever you’re aiming for, put your head, heart and hands into it.

Here are five tips that will empower you to focus and finish the year on a high note:

1. Be big, think big and act big. Benjamin E. Mays, former president of Morehouse College, once said, “The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.”

What can you do to drive value in all that you do? Make it happen.

2. Be open to happy accidents.

- See more at: http://www.success.com/blog/5-ways-to-finish-the-year-on-a-high-note#sthash.Fiu5Fwyq.dpuf

Why am I here? That’s the most significant question you can answer. This single question is enough to answer everything that is most important in your business and your life.
So, when everything seems blurry, your productivity takes a dive and you’re not sure what you are moving toward, that’s when you need to answer that question.
Press pause from your hectic work—or personal—life; this nearly guarantees a considerable productivity boost once you press play again.
Take a step back and look at the big picture; it can help to review your priorities in an objective manner.
Focus. Once you’ve done that, break up the tasks and objectives that make up that big picture, and concentrate on them one at a time. Focus really works best when narrowed down. Things can spiral out of control if you try to get ahold of it all at once.
What are you focusing on right now? Do you believe in it? Whatever you’re aiming for, put your head, heart and hands into it.
Here are five tips that will empower you to focus and finish the year on a high note:
1. Be big, think big and act big. Benjamin E. Mays, former president of Morehouse College, once said, “The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.”
What can you do to drive value in all that you do? Make it happen.
2. Be open to happy accidents.
- See more at: http://www.success.com/blog/5-ways-to-finish-the-year-on-a-high-note#sthash.Fiu5Fwyq.dpuf

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Simple Steps to Start Saving Money

Save your loose change. Putting aside fifty cents a day over the course of a year will allow you to save nearly 40% of a $500 emergency fund.

Keep track of your spending. At least once a month, use credit card, checking, and other records to review what you've purchased. Then, ask yourself if it makes sense to reallocate some of this spending to an emergency savings account.

Never purchase expensive items on impulse. Think over each expensive purchase for at least 24 hours. Acting on this principle will mean you have far fewer regrets about impulse purchases, and far more money for emergency savings.

Use debit and credit cards prudently. To minimize interest charges, try to limit credit card purchases to those you can pay off in full at the end of the month. If you use a debit card, don't rely on an overdraft feature to spend money you don't have. With either approach, you'll have more money available for emergency savings.

- See more at: http://americasaves.org/for-savers/make-a-plan-how-to-save-money/54-ways-to-save-money#sthash.gArg5FF2.dpuf

Save your loose change. Putting aside fifty cents a day over the course of a year will allow you to save nearly 40% of a $500 emergency fund.

Keep track of your spending. At least once a month, use credit card, checking, and other records to review what you've purchased. Then, ask yourself if it makes sense to reallocate some of this spending to an emergency savings account.

Never purchase expensive items on impulse. Think over each expensive purchase for at least 24 hours. Acting on this principle will mean you have far fewer regrets about impulse purchases, and far more money for emergency savings.

Use debit and credit cards prudently. To minimize interest charges, try to limit credit card purchases to those you can pay off in full at the end of the month. If you use a debit card, don't rely on an overdraft feature to spend money you don't have. With either approach, you'll have more money available for emergency savings.

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Medical Transcriptionists: Flexible Schedules in the Healthcare Environment

Medical transcriptionists held about 84,100 jobs in 2012. The industries that employed the most medical transcriptionists in 2012 were as follows:

Hospitals; state, local, and private	34%
Offices of physicians	24
Administrative and support services	21

Most medical transcriptionists work for hospitals or in physicians' offices. Some work for companies that provide transcription services to healthcare establishments, and others are self-employed.
Many transcriptionists work from home offices, receiving dictation and submitting drafts electronically.

Work Schedules

Most medical transcriptionists work full time, although about one-third worked part time in 2012. Medical transcriptionists who work from home may work outside typical business hours or have some flexibility in determining their schedules.

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Beat the Heat with These Cool Desserts

Too hot to turn on the oven? Would you rather slurp something cold for dessert than bake cookies? Yeah, me too.

Here's a look back at 25 desserts and sweet treats that don't need an oven — some don't have to be cooked at all! From a frozen nectarine pie to a matcha milkshake, and icebox banana cheesecake to peaches and cream gelatin dessert, there's something sweet here to cool you off.

No-Bake Baked Goods
• 1 No-Bake Strawberry Icebox Cake
• 2 Icebox Banana Cheesecake
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WeCareOnline has a NEW Medical Transcriptionist class starting this September.

Medical transcriptionists listen to voice recordings that physicians and other healthcare professionals make and convert them into written reports. They may also review and edit medical documents created using speech recognition technology. Transcriptionists interpret medical terminology and abbreviations in preparing patients’ medical histories, discharge summaries, and other documents.

Medical transcriptionists typically do the following:

• Listen to the recorded dictation of a doctor or other healthcare professional
• Transcribe and interpret the dictation into diagnostic test results, operative reports, referral letters, and other documents
• Review and edit drafts prepared by speech recognition software, making sure that the transcription is correct, complete, and has a consistent style

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Even if You Have No Symptoms, Could You Have High Blood Pressure?

The magic numbers for a healthy target blood pressure (BP) reading used to be 120/80. In 2003, that was reviewed and changed by a panel of medical experts, with a higher range determined to be within normal limits. High blood pressure (hypertension) was then defined as 140/90 or above, particularly for older adults 60 or over.

Those individuals with hypertension were advised to take medication(s) to keep their readings within that range. People with diabetes or kidney disease have lower target numbers (130/80) due to being at higher risk.

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Celebrate Doctor's Day on March 30

On Oct. 30, 1990, The Doctor's Day Resolution became public law #473. A joint Resolution of the 101 Congress designated March 30th as National Doctor's Day.


Purpose: To recognize and gain recognition for Doctors.

How can you celebrate Doctor's Day? Here are some ideas for your community:

• Create a theme poster for use in hospitals and churches
• Ask your city representatives to proclaim March 30 as Doctor’s Day
• Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper
• Organize a special prayer service in your church or civic club 

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What is Your Leadership Style?

Style 1 - The "Directing/Telling" Leader

Situation: (Group members are - unwilling and unable)
This style is appropriate when the members are new or inexperienced and need a lot of help, direction and encouragement in order to get the job done. The feeling or relationships within the group are not explored to a great extent. This leader provides structure and guidance to the group. The leader defines the role of group members and directs them on what, how, when and where to do various tasks. A supportive role may also be provided to reward and encourage.

Style 2 - The "Coaching/Selling" Leader

Situation: (Group members are - willing but unable)
Here the group is a little more responsible, experienced and willing. The leader's main role is to assist the members in doing a task for which they do not have the skills. The leader coaches the members through the skills of the task. Direction and guidance are necessary. The leader also provides plenty of encouragement and inspiration to maintain the willingness (motivation) of the group.

Style 3 - The "Participating/Supportive" Leader

Situation: (Group members are - unwilling but able)
Leaders using this supportive style know the group has the ability to do the job.

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Pharmacy Tech's Role in Preventing Medication Errors

Pharmacy technicians play a major role in modern pharmacy practice. The pharmacist relies on the technician to provide an extra layer of safety. It is important for technicians to follow system-based processes and inform the pharmacist whenever they have questions, concerns, or feel processes do not work or are unmanageable.

Prescription Drop-Off
If technicians are stationed at prescription drop-off, consider creating a checklist of critical patient information that the technician should obtain from each patient. The date of birth should be written on every hard copy prescription so the pharmacist has a second identifier readily available during verification. Allergy and medical condition (eg, pregnancy) information should be updated in the patient’s profile at each patient encounter and communicated to the verification pharmacist. Knowing a patient’s medical conditions can help the pharmacist uncover errors.

Order Entry
Medication safety is enhanced when technicians know medical terminology and drug names, especially if they enter prescriptions. - See more at: http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2010/January2010/MedicationSafety-0110#sthash.GbqDrqg4.dpuf

Pharmacy technicians play a major role in modern pharmacy practice. The pharmacist relies on the technician to provide an extra layer of safety. It is important for technicians to follow system-based processes and inform the pharmacist whenever they have questions, concerns, or feel processes do not work or are unmanageable.

Prescription Drop-Off:
If technicians are stationed at prescription drop-off, consider creating a checklist of critical patient information that the technician should obtain from each patient. The date of birth should be written on every hard copy prescription so the pharmacist has a second identifier readily available during verification. Allergy and medical condition (eg, pregnancy) information should be updated in the patient’s profile at each patient encounter and communicated to the verification pharmacist. Knowing a patient’s medical conditions can help the pharmacist uncover errors.

Order Entry:
Medication safety is enhanced when technicians know medical terminology and drug names, especially if they enter prescriptions.

Pharmacy technicians play a major role in modern pharmacy practice. The pharmacist relies on the technician to provide an extra layer of safety. It is important for technicians to follow system-based processes and inform the pharmacist whenever they have questions, concerns, or feel processes do not work or are unmanageable.

Prescription Drop-Off
If technicians are stationed at prescription drop-off, consider creating a checklist of critical patient information that the technician should obtain from each patient. The date of birth should be written on every hard copy prescription so the pharmacist has a second identifier readily available during verification. Allergy and medical condition (eg, pregnancy) information should be updated in the patient’s profile at each patient encounter and communicated to the verification pharmacist. Knowing a patient’s medical conditions can help the pharmacist uncover errors.

Order Entry
Medication safety is enhanced when technicians know medical terminology and drug names, especially if they enter prescriptions. - See more at: http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2010/January2010/MedicationSafety-0110#sthash.GbqDrqg4.dpuf

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Home Health Aids: Interested in Increasing Your Caregiving Skills?

Reliable, trustworthy, and skilled caregivers were the most important factor in leading a consumer to be "very satisfied" with his or her long-term care, according to a report prepared for The SCAN Foundation by LifePlans, Inc.

The researchers therefore conclude that advanced training for caregivers -- including direct-care workers in all care settings -- could help boost overall satisfaction levels among consumers.
"Such training could help to identify the source of unmet needs, emphasize the importance of the personal dimension of caregiving -- not just the technical -- and assure that paid caregivers have a thorough understanding of the criticality of building trust and communication with the care recipient," the researchers write.

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