As Nursing Week is almost here it’s as good a time as any to reflect on your own state of health, as a nurse you are vulnerable to caring for others and excluding yourself from much needed health management. The aim of caring for ourselves taking “me time” is not […]
How To Care For Self This video includes some ideas we discussed and identified as key elements for one’s own health during our Annual Think Tank. In the last entry of the blog Life of a Nurse you were able to see how staff nurses are vulnerable to burnout and compassion fatigue. […]
“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.” –Unknown I have always (well most of the time) practiced self-care in a way that permits me to meet the demands of my chosen profession of nursing. It is not […]
This week there has been a profile of a beauty pageant contestant who shared her talent–she is a nurse and her realization she is not just a nurse. The monologue was a reflection, shared publicly and there is a talent, how to translate what we as nurses contribute everyday and […]
Spring was my last entry and on the road of good intentions regular blog entries did not occur for a number of reasons. Last fall a new phase in my professional life captured my attention the realm of management and applying leadership principles even more formally. From an interim status […]
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