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‘Education is important but camping is importanter’ – Strategies in self care

The Nurse Break

Other similar articles on self care and wellbeing here. Education is important but camping is importanter’ – Strategies in self care. Self-care has been defined by many, with most definitions sharing a similar theme around a proactive self-approach to health and well-being.

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Promoting health literacy

American Nurse

The Health Care Education Association offers open source guidelines to help healthcare providers develop effective and efficient patient education. Do you have beliefs or feelings related to your health condition that we need to know so we can help you learn to care for yourself?” “Do Do you know anyone who has this condition?”

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Nursing student stress, role-modeling self-care

American Nurse

Nurse educators can role-model self-care behaviors to promote students’ personal health and wellness. Nursing students need to make time for their own self-care, and they need to know that it’s okay to make time for their personal health and wellness. Go, “Nurse Linck,” my coach cheered during track practices.

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22 Non-Clinical Occupational Therapy Jobs to Consider

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

We cover the following alternative jobs for occupational therapists: Entrepreneurial Careers Consulting Careers Media Careers Educational Careers Additional resources Entreprenurial Careers The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) promotes the idea of OT entrepreneurship.

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Self-compassion in practice

American Nurse

Acknowledge your humanity and engage in self-forgiveness. Takeaways: Self-compassion is a form of self-care that may help increase joy, job satisfaction, and quality of life as well as decrease stress, anxiety, and burnout.

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Building Bridges, Not Walls: Promoting Cultural Competence & Humility in Nursing

Minority Nurse

Cultural competence is about equipping yourself with knowledge of diverse cultural practices and beliefs, which enables you to provide respectful and appropriate care to patients from varied backgrounds. It’s a lifelong process of critical self-reflection and an openness to learning from the experiences of others. Reading books (e.g.,

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A call for healthy role models

American Nurse

Are nurse leaders serving as good examples of self-care? Takeaways: Nurse leaders must advocate for clinical nurses’ self-health and develop and support programs to ensure a healthy work-life balance for today’s workforce. See Healthy recommendations.) We measured health risk based on BMI.