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Nurse Health Tips
Nurse Health Tips
NURSE HEALTH TIPS
A Nurse’s Guide To Soothing Common Aches And Pains
Being a nurse is tough on your body – even a single shift can lead to a variety of aches and pains! While not every injury is avoidable, there are certain steps that nurses can take to prevent and manage some of the most common complaints. Here are 9 strategies that will help you manage the aches and pains that come with being a nurse.
Tired Nurse Health Tips: When Sufficient Sleep Isn’t Possible
Nurses are working round-the-clock, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. So how are sleep deprived nurses supposed to care for their health when getting enough sleep is sometimes not a realistic option? Here are 7 helpful, actionable tips for your health as a nurse when getting a good nights sleep just isn’t possible.
4 Reasons Why Nurses Should Drink Matcha Green Tea
As an experiment, I decided to switch out my coffee habit entirely with matcha green tea (a difficult step for me, as I am a coffee addict and a coffee snob!). Since then I have switched out my coffee habit and replaced it entirely with matcha! Here are 4 important reasons why nurses should drink matcha instead of coffee!
9 Personal Self Care Goals I Set For Myself as a Nurse
As a nurse I have always had a sacrificial attitude that I will compassionately care for others first and put my own needs last – and that is just not going to cut it anymore. The thought of finishing an entire career with this amount of wear-and-tear is frightening. Something has to give before I completely fizzle and burn to a crisp. So, this is me putting the oxygen mask on myself first. Here are my very real goals for self-compassion from a very tired nurse.
7 Energizing Yoga Poses For Nurses (With Photos!)
As nurses we must do the best we can to take care of ourselves (no one else at the hospital is going to do that for us). This includes giving our bodies the rest, rejuvenation and tender love that we give to our patients each shift. No more self-sacrificing attitudes! Here are 7 energizing pre-shift yoga poses to start your nursing shift off on the right foot!
