The 3 phrases you must ALWAYS use if your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care!
Published: Fri, 02/21/14
instantly improve the lives of Families of critically ill Patients
in Intensive Care, so that you can have real power, real control
and so that you can influence decision making fast, even if
you're not a doctor or a nurse in Intensive Care!
In last week's blog I've shown you "How BELIEVING in
yourself will help you to have control, power and influence whilst
your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care" You can
read, watch or listen to the update here.
http://intensivecarehotline.com/?p=5054
In this week's blog I want to show you "The 3 phrases you
must ALWAYS use if your loved one is critically ill in Intensive
Care!".
Getting overwhelmed by negative emotions is easy...
It's very easy to get bogged down if one of your Family members
has just been admitted to Intensive Care for critical illness.
It's even easier to get overwhelmed by negative emotion if your
loved one has just been admitted to Intensive Care!
And it's a big problem for Families of critically ill Patients
in Intensive Care! And it's a problem that is so big that
Families of critically ill Patients don't know left from right
and don't know right from wrong.
The negative emotions and the feeling of powerlessness, the loss of
control and the feeling of having no influence whatsoever whilst
your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care usually goes
hand in hand with the feeling of overwhelm, fear, frustration,
struggle and the feeling of vulnerability.
It also makes it very easy for the Intensive Care team to drive the
bus and present your critically ill loved one's prognosis and
diagnosis in a light that suits the Intensive Care team's
agenda and may or may not represent reality.
If your critically ill loved one is a "straight forward"
admission to Intensive Care and is soon to be discharged from
Intensive Care, that's great news and you can probably stop
reading here now, because what I am about to share applies more to
Families where their critically ill loved one is either
- dying
- Very unstable and in a really critical condition
- Very unstable and on the brink of dying
- Stable but a long-term stay in Intensive Care may be
on the horizon
- Unstable and a long term stay in Intensive Care may
be on the horizon
- A long term Patient in Intensive Care
In essence, what I am about to share is for any Family member of a
critically ill Patient in Intensive Care who is not "a
straight forward Patient" and who is in Intensive Care with an
uncertain short term or long term future.
Why your thinking may hold you back
Therefore, you and your Family need to get back on track and you
need to take charge and control of the situation immediately!
The reality is that there are so many moving parts behind the
scenes in Intensive Care that you have no idea and insights about
and if you don't educate yourself quickly, it's very easy
for the Intensive Care team to drive their agenda, especially if
your loved one falls into one of the categories that I mentioned
above!
In more than 15 years Intensive Care nursing in three different
countries I have found that 99% of Families of critically ill
Patients in Intensive Care are generally so overwhelmed by fear,
frustration, struggle and vulnerability that the last thing on
their mind is that they can take control, have power and influence
in the situation, because they have this misconception that the
Intensive Care team holds all the power. And the Intensive Care
team holds all the power if you let them and if you think that they
have all the power!
The next big challenge for Families of critically ill Patients is
that they don't educate themselves about Intensive Care and
it's therefore very easy for the Intensive Care team to drive
their agenda and position themselves and your critically ill loved
one's prognosis and diagnosis in a light that suits the
Intensive Care team.
Your job therefore is to position yourself and your Family
correctly in such a challenging and often "once in a
lifetime" situation.
Therefore I want to give you three power phrases that you must
always use whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive
Care!
1. I am/ we are able to take control of the situation, no
matter what!
Listen, it's so easy to get frustrated and overwhelmed by this
challenge and it's even easier to put all your trust in the
Intensive Care team... But if you are facing a massive challenge
like the ones I mentioned above where your loved one is dying or at
least the Intensive Care team is telling you that your critically
ill loved one is dying, or if the Intensive Care team is telling
you that your critically ill loved one may have to stay in
Intensive Care for long periods of time with an uncertain outcome,
you better find out whether they are telling you the truth...
The reality is that in a Billion Dollar $$$ industry such as
Intensive Care, the Intensive Care team will always have an agenda,
whether it's their research interests(equals Million Dollar $$$
funding), bed management, staffing crisis and/or the Intensive Care
Unit's budget, your job is to make sure that you take control
of the situation by asking the right questions, by challenging the
Intensive Care team and by believing that you can have control,
power and influence!
2. I am/ we are able to have power in this challenging
situation, no matter what!
CONTINUE READING here http://intensivecarehotline.com/?p=5127
Also, check out our "YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED" section
where I answer all your questions!
http://intensivecarehotline.com/category/questions/
In this week I answer another question from our readers and the
question this week is "My husband has severe pneumonia,was
ventilated and heavily sedated in the ICU and now he's
confused. What can I do to help him?"
CHECK IT OUT HERE http://intensivecarehotline.com/?p=5129
If you want your questions answered just email me at
support@intensivecarehotline.com and I'll answer your questions!
Also keep an eye out for our upcoming product launch in the next
couple of months! We are NOW finalizing our first
product that will help Families of critically ill Patients deal
with and take control of most situations in Intensive Care, even if
their loved one is dying!
The product will be an "IN-DEPTH" education product for
Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care and a
shortcut for Families to control, power& influence!
The product will be made available in Ebook, Video and Audio format
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medium!
If you have any questions about our upcoming products or
if you have any suggestions please let me know at
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