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Prioritizing Mental Health in Nurses

Daily Nurse

Nurses dedicate their lives to caring for others, but unfortunately, many do not feel supported at work. This is significant because if a nurse does not feel supported or feel their mental health is impacted, how can they adequately care for others? Nurses must practice self-care. & Dimitriu, A.

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Strabismus and mental health

American Nurse

Patient and family perspective Takeaways: Individuals with strabismus have an increased risk of concurrent mental health diagnoses. Children and their families frequently are unaware of any possible connection between strabismus and mental health, but they welcome resources. See Pediatric mental health screening tools.)

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Nursing Burnout: What It Is and How to Prevent It?

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Clinical nurses work in an environment that is high-stress by nature—making decisions that can impact patients’ lives— and need to take extra care to avoid the mental and physical condition known as nursing burnout. Nurse burnout is a state of mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion caused by sustained work-related stressors.

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Self-care within hospice and palliative care nursing

American Nurse

A literature review identifies opportunities to support nurses working in these care settings. Establishing goals of care and providing education regarding hospice and palliative care philosophies can better prepare patients and families for the inevitable struggles at the end of life.

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An Evidence-based Approach to Improving Nurse Mental Health 

Daily Nurse

Each year since 2020, we have published the annual Frontline Nurse Mental Health & Well-being Survey to gauge the collective health of our nursing workforce and advocate for solutions to support it. Furthermore, adverse mental health outcomes have decreased across all categories over the past year.

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Nursing Care Plan: Guide with Example & Writing Tips

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Care plans are a way to strategically approach and streamline the nursing process. Lets review the fundamentals of a nursing care plan and how to create one, step by step. Well outline best practices and provide you with a nursing care plan example that you can download and print. Table of Contents What Is a Nursing Care Plan?

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How to Work the Night Shift and Stay Healthy: 12 Essential Tips

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

In many hospitals and long-term care facilities, newly hired nurses, many fresh off of their studies , are asked to work the night shift. There are effective ways for how to work the night shift and stay healthy— and caring for your own health will help you better care for others.