I just don’t want to know anymore because I can’t do anything about it.”Įven my worry and fear had to be adjusted. I had to redirect them because it would pull down my whole family. That was really hard to adjust to, to not know and to have to tell people, “don’t tell me. I stopped all of those things because it wasn’t healthy for me. I’m sick, and I have to stop being so involved in all of his business. I had to fess up to the counselors that I knew something about my son and that the way I knew was that I still had his password for e-mail and everything.

This kept on until once when my son was in treatment. He wouldn’t come in he would just say “this is so unhealthy…but what’s happening?” So, he could remove himself a little bit, but I couldn’t remove myself. My husband would stand right at the door of the den when I was doing my Google work. I stalked my son at his place, Facebook, Googling all over for arrest records. Probably one of the most significant changes was, I had become a stalker. What were the biggest lessons that you feel like you learned? Kirsten interviews guests that are experts in their field such as leading doctors, clinicians, experts, advocates, and people with their own recovery experiences, offering their insight and sharing their wisdom. The stories are written without a focus on the science or technological side of nursing, they reveal what holistic care can be and capture the way Florence Nightingale (1868) saw and wrote about nursing: Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painters or sculptors work.Kirsten Haglund of Addiction Hope and Eating Disorder Hope conducted an interview with Sandy Swenson about her experience with a son struggling with addiction, the significant changes she made during his treatment, and the resulting book she wrote Tending Dandelions: Honest Meditations for Mothers with Addicted Children.

While carrying out her lifes purpose, the author connected with her own spirituality. These simple and heartfelt stories depict the vulnerability of patients in a healthcare institution and a nurses journey to reach out and touch humanity. Book Synopsis Silent Songs of Nursing, through short stories about the nurse-patient relationship, depict an authentic compassion for patients through the simple art of caring. About the Book Silent Songs of Nursing, through short stories about the nurse-patient relationship, depict an authentic compassion for patients through the simple art of caring.

The joey song by sandra swenson