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To nap or not to nap?
How to implement planned naps for hospital nurses.
To nap or not to nap? That’s a question we recommend all hospital nurses and administrators ask...
Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™
Year Four Highlights: 2020-2021
Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation (HNHN), just like all of you, has had quite a year. A banner year, we might add!...
Night nurses and exercise
How regular activity can increase sleep quality and quantity.
Takeaways:
Working at night disrupts nurses’ circadian rhythms and impacts their physical and mental health.
Nurses...
Support nurse health with a structured walking program
Identify barriers and create structure to aid participation.
Takeaways:
Supporting nurses to embrace a healthy lifestyle can have a positive outcome on their well-being.
A...
Preventing identity theft
Don’t let thieves damage your credit or disrupt your life.
Takeaways:
Someone becomes a victim of identity theft every 2 seconds.
In addition to interfering...
Above and beyond bed bath
The first time I heard “It’s not in my job description” invoked was during an interaction with a colleague in my very early days...
Nurses rising
Recognizing, elevating, and caring for RNs during a pandemic
As we celebrated the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman...
Obstetric complications: Debrief the grief
Nurses’ physical and mental health require support after a traumatic event.
Editor’s note: This is an early release of a web exclusive article for the...
Navigating the loss and grief of a nurse suicide
With employer support, nurses can help each other after a colleague’s death.
Takeaways:
The bonds created among nurses make the loss of a colleague difficult...
Nurse suicide prevention starts with crisis intervention
Make a plan to protect yourself and your colleagues.
Takeaways:
An organization-wide anonymous encrypted screening program to detect nurses at risk for suicide is an...
Making New Year’s resolutions? Try these tips from Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™
Many people are eager to turn the page and begin the new year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And, given the added stress on...
ANA advocates for nurses’ health and safety
Collaborating in the new year to address pandemic challenges together
As nurses contend with the pandemic and its multi-layered effects into 2021, the American Nurses...
Promoting nurse mental health
An urgent call to shift from crisis intervention to long-term prevention
Takeaways:
Nurses are experiencing an unprecedented amount of burnout, depression, and anxiety.
Stressful work...