Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This can have negative side effects like physical fatigue, emotional exhaustion , and increased anxiety, making burned-out nurses feel like they’re fighting a cold. Many nurses know that burnout exists, but more may need to learn how to care for themselves when exhausted.

Mental Health

Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Workplace physical activity alone is unlikely to provide all the types of exercise necessary for maintaining both physical and mental health. These activities encourage you to focus purely on the present and pay close attention to your inner self. What are some things that can fit into your downtime?

Self-Care

The Gypsy Nurse

MAY 8, 2025

But the thing is, you are enough, and sometimes we have to remind ourselves of that through self-talk and positive affirmations. Lets dive into how simple, encouraging words can make a big difference in how you feel, work, and care for others. And for travel nurses, affirmations can be especially meaningful. I am enough.

Travel Nursing

Minority Nurse

APRIL 23, 2025

Microaggressions about someone’s race, ethnicity, or skills can seem like a small problem, but they’re harmful to nurses’ mental health. While they don’t seem obvious to non-minority nurses, BIPOC nurses feel the ramifications through burnout and decreased work performance.

Self-Care

Minority Nurse

MAY 1, 2025

Affirmations are affirming, positive statements that can encourage and boost self-esteem in nurses. Affirmations, or mantras , can reduce stress and improve nurses’ overall moods when they face patient challenges. I will care for my patients to the best of my ability. What Affirmations Should I Use?

Self-Care

Penn Nursing

APRIL 16, 2024

Menu Button Feature Future-Proofing Healthcare How Penn Nursing’s PhD program is the key to unlocking innovative and equity-focused care and policy. Research is, after all, at the heart of the Penn Nursing doctoral degree pursuit, according to Dean Antonia M. It could be taking care of patients. Villarruel.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Many nurses pick nursing as a satisfying line of work that suits them, yet find that stress is a common factor in the field. Providing emotional labor to others doesn’t have to include burnout. Nursing is a field that requires a lot of energy, and that’s not going to change.

Self-Care

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Nursing is one of the most rewarding yet emotionally demanding professions. Nurses are on the front lines of patient care, often providing comfort during some of the most critical moments of people’s lives.

Mental Health

Minority Nurse

APRIL 17, 2025

Nurses dedicate their lives to caring for others, but the demands of the profession can significantly affect their mental health. Long shifts, emotional fatigue, and high-stakes decision-making contribute to burnout , affecting job performance and personal well-being.

Mental Health

Daily Nurse

JUNE 26, 2025

Nursing can be tough, and the healthcare industry can chew you up and spit you out faster than you can say, “emotional bankruptcy.” Do what you need to do to take care of yourself and ensure that your emotional savings account remains robustly in the black. You’ll be happier and healthier for your efforts.

Work-Life Balance

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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. What Is Nurse Burnout? 1 What is the Number One Cause of Nurse Burnout?

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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JUNE 2, 2025

2 With global health challenges on the rise, healthcare systems require more skilled and qualified telemetry nurses who can become certified in this specialty. 1 With heart disease still the leading cause of death in the United States, telemetry nursing units are essential for cardiac patient care.

Nurse Practitioner

Minority Nurse

MAY 15, 2025

It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic, but nurses still feel the aftermath of compassion fatigue from the healthcare crisis years later. Many nurses were frontline workers during the height of the pandemic and faced most of the stress of caring for infected patients amid staff shortages and the risk of getting infected.

Self-Care

Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Mark your calendars for October 10, 2024—World Mental Health Day is here! This year’s theme, “It’s Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace,” is a call to action that resonates deeply, especially within the nursing community.

Mental Health

Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

It can lead to a lack of empathy, a sense of dread as they head into work, and extra stress that could impact their physical and mental well-being. Countless factors contribute to nurse burnout, from a busy schedule to difficult patients and demanding daily tasks. Self-care isn’t selfish.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 4, 2024

They’re natural, cuddly stress relievers that can improve cardiovascular health and decrease loneliness. That’s why it can be an excellent idea for nurses to adopt a pet of their own, especially if they’re experiencing anxiety, depression, or another mental health issue. Or a cat lover.

Mental Health

Nurse.com

MARCH 2, 2023

While these fears are natural, placing limits for yourself in the workplace is essential to supporting your own needs — both physical and mental. Start with yourself Saying no can be difficult when you’re always caring for others. Something I tell people often is you have to create your own definition of what a nurse is,” she said.

Mental Health

Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 30, 2023

Nurse burnout is not a new concept. Nurses have been experiencing burnout for decades. However, since the COVID-19 pandemic, more Nurses than ever are experiencing burnout, making it a hot topic in the Nursing community. These stressors result in physical, mental, and emotional fatigue.

Nursing Burnout

The Gypsy Nurse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Jogan Health provided this article. Self-care.” And if you’re a travel nurse, you should be practicing self-care for travel nurses. Learn why self-care is so important, especially for travel nurses, and quick ways you can implement self-care today.

Self-Care

The Gypsy Nurse

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Defined as the “physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress,” many elements of nursing are responsible: long hours, emotional exhaustion, trauma, and many say Covid. However, nursing burnout has been a factor long before Covid. Burnout is growing, yet the nurse still perceives the symptoms as normal.

Nursing Burnout

Nurse.com

AUGUST 22, 2022

What was frequently confused as burnout in previous years has recently been accurately identified as moral injury for nurses. The term describes the challenges of simultaneously knowing what care patients need but being unable to provide it due to constraints beyond a caregiver’s control. How nurses experience moral injury.

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SelfCare for HealthCare

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The number of emergency department visits for children, teens and young adults experiencing mental health-related issues rose sharply from 2011 to 2020, according to data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. First, we can talk about it and then take measures to get our youth back to a healthy mental state.

Mental Health

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Nurse burnout was studied for years before COVID-19, and the pandemic brought nurse burnout to the public eye. Burnout is associated with workload and lack of support that nurses experience in critical care areas such as ICUs (Buckley et al., 2019, Forsyth et al.,

Nursing Burnout

Minority Nurse

JULY 25, 2024

Having to manage their disabilities while dealing with the fast-paced demands of nursing may make them more vulnerable to burnout or even lead them to leave the nursing profession altogether. So, what are some ways nurses with disabilities can practice self-care to prevent burnout?

Self-Care

Daily Nurse

JANUARY 8, 2024

In turn, you’ll prevent career stagnation — a key driver of nurse burnout. It’s unfortunately not uncommon for nurses to feel stuck in their careers at some point, whether that’s because the work’s no longer challenging or you’re looking for a greater degree of professional autonomy.

Professional Development

Nurse.com

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

But this attitude often keeps these individuals from engaging in the self-care they need to protect their health. Compassion fatigue occurs when a person is physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausted from caring for others. Providing patient care is a demanding role. What is compassion fatigue?

Self-Care

Diversity Nursing

JULY 10, 2023

Nurses at the forefront of healthcare continue to face challenges that change how we provide Nursing care to our patients. As the Nursing field continues to evolve, here are some of the top Nursing trends to watch in 2023 and for the years to come.

Travel Nursing

Nurse.com

AUGUST 22, 2022

What was frequently confused as burnout in previous years, has recently been accurately identified as moral injury for nurses. The term describes the challenges of simultaneously knowing what care patients need but being unable to provide it due to constraints beyond a caregiver’s control. How nurses experience moral injury.

Self-Care

The Gypsy Nurse

MARCH 11, 2023

This not only affects our physical health but hinders our emotional well-being, which is vital for all professions requiring compassionate care. In order to achieve harmony in both worlds, it’s essential to establish strategies that will create a healthy work-life balance for nurses.

Work-Life Balance

Nurse.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

Natural disasters disrupt the daily functions of health care and leave nurses feeling strained and overwhelmed. Finding and practicing stress management strategies during these events can help nurses cope with stress and mitigate its effects. As unattainable as this can seem, taking care of your own needs is a must.

Self-Care

Daily Nurse

JULY 24, 2023

Despite the mounting workplace pressures, more than two-thirds of nurses haven’t sought mental health support since the start of the pandemic. A survey from the American Nurses Foundation (ANF) discovered that 36% of nurses experience some stigma with seeking mental health support.

Mental Health

Nurse.com

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A self-proclaimed millennial, Amanda Bettencourt , PhD, APRN, CCRN-K, ACCNS-P, is serving a one-year term as president of the world’s largest specialty nursing organization, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). Q: What are the most pressing issues for critical care nurses?

Self-Care

Nurse.com

APRIL 21, 2023

The ANA chose the theme, “You Make a Difference,” to honor varying nursing roles and highlight the positive impact nurses have. The monthly celebration is broken down into four focus areas: self-care (May 1-7), nurse recognition (May 8-14), professional development (May 15-21), and community engagement (May 22-31).

Self-Care

Minority Nurse

JUNE 6, 2024

On the job, nurses are compassionate and focused during stressful work conditions. However, this kind of work can drain nurses’ emotional energy to care for themselves and put them at risk for burnout and compassion fatigue, according to an article by the Holistic Nursing Practice.

Self-Care

Nurse.com

APRIL 22, 2022

nurses and physicians manifest significant symptoms of burnout, including exhaustion, cynicism, and decreased productivity. According to the report, factors contributing to nurse burnout include challenging workloads and work schedules, staffing ratios, inefficient workflows, and time spent on administrative tasks.

Self-Care

Minority Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2024

PTSD can also be common with nurses who have experienced trauma in the workforce, leading to painful somatic symptoms such as body aches, headaches, and a lack of energy. Somatic movement can be helpful for nurses with PTSD, chronic pain, or any healthcare worker who wants to improve their mental health.

Mental Health

Diversity Nursing

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Even before the pandemic, healthcare providers experienced burnout and other negative mental health issues. Now more than ever, it is critical health systems take steps to support their staff's well-being. Then, they create and implement wellness programs that address the current environment causing burnout and stress.

Mental Health