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Contributed Content: How Nurses Can Practice Self-Care

Health Leaders | Nursing

Prioritizing self-care is crucial for maintaining well-being and can help reduce compassion fatigue and lower stress levels, says this nurse educator. But what many nurses fail to do is take care of themselves. Self-care can enhance mental and physical health, ultimately leading to improved patient care.

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Setting Intentions for Self-Care in 2023

The Nursing Site

Setting intentions for self-care in 2023 is a much more realistic process. This is one of the ultimate goals of self-care. Instead of being renewal and positive experiences, they become cumbersome and distracting and focus on failures and lack of successor follow through.

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Self-Care: A Challenge For Some NPs?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Are you taking care of yourself? As NPs, we excel in telling patients how important it is to take care of themselves. But how well are we taking care of ourselves personally and professionally? Some of us do, but I’m afraid for some of us, self-care remains a struggle. What is Self-Care?

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Self-Care for Nurses: Preventing Burnout and Promoting Well-Being

The Gypsy Nurse

Long hours, high patient volumes, difficult working conditions, and the emotional toll of caring for others can lead to nurse burnouta state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion. Preventing burnout and prioritizing self-care is essential for maintaining both health and happiness throughout a nursing career.

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How To Use Journaling To Manage Stress

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Sometimes, the stress can feel overwhelming, from caring for patients to managing your office and everything in between. Increased Self-Awarenes: Journaling may help identify patterns in your stress levels, triggers, and coping mechanisms. How well am I taking care of myself outside of work? Have you kept a journal in the past?

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Infographic: 10 Self Care Tips for Nurses

Health Leaders | Nursing

Here are some ways nurses can take care of themselves, says this nurse educator. Nurses have a stressful job, between caring for patients, communicating with families, and being on their feet for several hours at a time. Self-care can enhance mental and physical health, ultimately leading to improved patient care.

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Nurses need care too – how curbing self-sacrifice can prevent burnouts

Nursing Review

Culture of self-sacrifice I interviewed nurses in the Netherlands about their workplace experiences including burnout for my research. And I found that one of the main reasons nurses leave is because of the professions culture of self-sacrifice. Nursing education must teach self-care and boundary setting as essential skills.