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The San Diego Chargers made it to the playoff’s two years in a row! Join the Westways team on January 17th (1:30P) at the Dave & Buster’s in Mission Valley (2931 Camino del Rio N. San Diego, CA 92108) to watch the Chargers battle it out for their chance to be in this seasons Superbowl! Please call 800.574.9674 to for details and to RSVP.

To my way of thinking the New Year should begin in the spring. After all, the New Year represents a Fresh Start so to speak and the spring time months of April and May are about New Beginnings.

A nursing career is always full of new beginnings. One could consider every shift a chance to make a difference in someone else’s life, perhaps changing your own in the process.

Not only are nurses constantly dealing with new patients, but often with new physicians and new documentation systems as well as new drugs, new hospital policies, etc. As a nurse, you have the option of joining the group complainers who constantly bring down the unit with their negative attitudes. Or, you can choose to stay up to date making every shift and every patient you encounter a New Beginning.

Westways Nurses are all about New Beginnings…so Happy New Year and Happy New Beginnings to all! - Donna Couturié, Director of Clinical Operations

HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2010!! 2010 just seems destined for fresh beginnings, novel approaches, and ambitious resolutions. 2009 always sounded like it should be punctuated with a dollar sign and a decimal point, like a discount price tag. With the collapse of the Global Economy like a House of Cards, it affected everyone. But, 2010 seems to hold so much more potential and so much more importance than its predecessor, more hope for positive changes.

This time of year, when we step back and evaluate our lives (and any resolutions we may have already broken!), we don’t want to overdo it. 2010 should not be the number of items on our to-do lists. The last thing we want to do is pile on more stress. But, taking time to create balance in our lives should be a priority. Too often, as we struggle to juggle our personal, professional, and community personas, we drop the ball when it comes to looking out for ourselves.

No matter what your nursing setting, you have undoubtedly dealt with a lot of stress over the past year. The stress created by the landmark gains for call off cancellations, unsafe floating, staffing shortages, negotiating salary increases, high acuity patients, decreased treatment time, and scheduling flexibility all make it difficult to take care of your own needs.

Although it may seem easy to overlook your own needs in an effort to balance your available time with your numerous responsibilities, in the long run, ignoring yourself could spell disaster for your career and your personal life.

So, as you rewrite your resolutions this year, put taking time for yourself at the top of your list. It should be the one resolution that you don’t break in 2010. - Harold Sterling, CEO

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