STOP SCREAMING AT THE MICROWAVE ...

STOP SCREAMING AT THE MICROWAVE

by means of Mary LoVerde 1998, 236 pp $1200 paperback

Life today is demanding and stressful Individuals continually are chanceed between a myriad of responsibilities, including work, residence child care, and elder care. Many the public become overwhelmed and exhausted as they attempt to accomplish more than can be humanly done. The author compares today's family to the Cleaver family depicted in succession the "Leave it to Beaver" television display from the 1960s as the circulating workforce tries to achieve the "ideal" life portrayed in that series. In the proces Americans today frequently face "disconnects." Examples of disconnects include failing to listen to messages from our bodies or feeling that we fail to convenient the needs of others (eg family members, friends, coworkers). Instead, the author stresse the importance of identifying and implementing "connects" (ie, the ability to achieve a relationship between things that hang on or follow each other), which she addresses within the words immediately preceding [i]or[/i] following of the individual, the family, with others, and within life in general.

Each chapter includes examples of disconnects and coheres as well as a list of "microactions" (ie, specific activities to help readers implement the recommendations included in the chapter).

The main division is filled with anecdotes from individuals who have benefited from the author's ideas, many of which have been submitted by dint of perioperative practitioner's. The book is easy to read and entertaining. As with any self-help part results depend on the motivation and dedication of the reader.

This work is available from Simon & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, of recent origin York, NY 10020; (212) 698-4386

FRAN KOCH

RN MSN CNOR Administrative Director, or Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas

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