A great regimen of exercises that nurses can do every day to increase strength, flexibility, and physical fitness.
from Scrubs Magazine
What’s a nurse to do when there’s no time to go to the gym? There’s an answer! Even though going to the gym and doing some cardio on the treadmill or elliptical is a good workout, it’s not the only way that you can keep fit.
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Because nurses are focused on the welfare of others, we often forget to take care of ourselves. Here are 7 ways to practice better self-care.
from NurseCode.com
When I talk to nurses about the work that we do, the biggest problem I hear about is stress. There is good reason for that, since pressures weigh on nurses from multiple sources. We find ourselves in literal life-or-death situations. We are often short-staffed and over-worked.
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A healthcare couple who made the break from full-time work shares 10 lessons they learned along the way.
from AMA
Physicians have no trouble citing compelling reasons to reduce their work hours—stress, bureaucracy and the feeling of missing out on one’s personal life, to name a few. But they can also face high hurdles to making the switch to a lighter workload, including medical school debt, career aspirations and pressure from employers. A healthcare couple who made the break from full-time work shares 10 lessons they learned along the way.
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There is nothing to give if you start out on empty.
from The Huffington Post
I’m a critical care nurse who works the night shift, so sleep and I have had a precarious relationship in the past. There’d be yelling; there’d be tossing and turning; there’d be wistful glances at the alarm clock to count down how many hours I wouldn’t get restful shut eye that night. There’d be even more tossing and turning, followed by a pleading apology to the sleep gods for whatever misdeed I’d done to deserve such a sleepless existence. Thankfully, during my five years on the job, I’ve learned a thing or two about trying to snag a good night’s sleep in a high-stress, chronically sleep-deprived profession.
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